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commedia dell’arte

com·me·dia dell'arte [ kə màydee ə də lrtee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
type of 17C comedy: an Italian form of popular comedy developed during the 16th and 17th centuries, characterized by the use of stock characters and familiar plots

[Late 19th century. < Italian, literally "comedy of art"]
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