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noun, plural com·me·di·a dell'ar·tes, com·me·di·as dell'ar·te, Italian com·me·die dell'ar·te 
[kawm-me-dye del-lahr-te] .
[kawm-me-dye del-lahr-te] . Italian popular comedy, developed chiefly during the 16th–18th centuries, in which masked entertainers improvised from a plot outline based on themes associated with stock characters and situations.
Origin:
1875–80; < Italian: literally, comedy of art
1875–80; < Italian: literally, comedy of art
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commedia dell'arte
1877, from It., lit. "comedy of art."
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