farcical

farcical

English

Etymology

farce +‎ -ical, after comical etc.

Adjective

farcical (comparative more farcical, superlative most farcical)

1. Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea's Bluff.”, in New York Times‎:

     A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.

   • 2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist‎:

     In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.

Related terms

• farce

Translations

absurd

Esperanto: ridinda French: ridicule (fr), risible (fr), farfelu (fr), burlesque (fr), grotesque (fr) Icelandic: fáránlegur; farsakenndur m, farsakennd n, farsakennt n; fjarstæðukenndur

Romanian: caraghios (ro), absurd (ro), burlesc (ro), grotesc (ro) Russian: фарсовый (ru) (farsovyj) Tagalog: matiyaw

Further reading

• farcical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• farcical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• farcical at OneLook Dictionary Search