buffa

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Buf′fa (…), n. fem. Music

Origin: It. See Buffoon.

The comic actress in an opera. — adjective Comic, farcical.

Aria buffa, a droll or comic air. — Opera buffa, a comic opera. See Opera bouffe.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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