commedia dell'arte

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commedia dell'arte

  • /kəˈmeɪdiə dɛl ˈɑː(ɹ)teɪ/

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).

noun commedie dell'arte · commedias dell'arte

  1. countable, uncountable An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.

    Similar: commedia

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@misc{commedia_dell_arte_2026,
  title = {commedia dell'arte},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commedia%20dell'arte},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}