opera bouffe

See also: opéra bouffe

English

From French opéra bouffe.

opera bouffe (countable and uncountable, plural operas bouffes)

A type of French comic opera, typified by everyday characters and ludicrous situations. (Often attributive.) [from 19th c.]
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 144:
  He sang solos from "La Grande Duchesse," and many other opera-bouffe songs, with great taste and verve.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 176:
  There was one moment of opéra bouffe when the plump Biaggi and two other plotters were trapped in an antique Parisian lift between floors on the way to a top-level and secret meeting.

单词	opera bouffe
释义	opera bouffe See also: opéra bouffe English Alternative forms opéra bouffe Etymology From French opéra bouffe. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒp(ə)ɹəˈbuːf/ Noun opera bouffe (countable and uncountable, plural operas bouffes) A type of French comic opera, typified by everyday characters and ludicrous situations. (Often attributive.) [from 19th c.] 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 144: He sang solos from "La Grande Duchesse," and many other opera-bouffe songs, with great taste and verve. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 176: There was one moment of opéra bouffe when the plump Biaggi and two other plotters were trapped in an antique Parisian lift between floors on the way to a top-level and secret meeting.
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