The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bouffe \Bouffe\, n. [F., buffoon.] Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bouffe n 1: opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken [syn: comic opera, opera bouffe, bouffe, opera comique]