opera bouffe
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spokenSynonyms: comic operabouffeopera comique
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Opera bouffe, Opera buffa
light, farcical, burlesque opera.
From the entry Opera.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54