farceur

[ fahr-sur; French far-sœr ]
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noun,plural far·ceurs [fahr-surz; French far-sœr]. /fɑrˈsɜrz; French farˈsœr/.
  1. a writer or director of or actor in farce.

  2. a joker; wag.

Origin of farceur

1
1775–85; <French, Middle French, equivalent to farc(er) to joke, banter (derivative of farcefarce) + -eur-eur

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How to use farceur in a sentence

  • Imagine a shantyman (farceur as he ever was) making for edification in that style!

  • The tight-fisted little farceur had a confused reverence for anything that seemed to him refined or clever.

    Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
  • Huysmans the farceur, the Jules Verne of sthetics, is enjoying himself.

    Egoists | James Huneker
  • That half farceur, half ruffian, who had the characteristics of a modern anarchist, was a genius for organization.

    Csar or Nothing | Po Baroja Baroja
  • Is Legouv a cold farceur, a Swift, who tried whether France would swallow a new absurdity?

British Dictionary definitions for farceur

farceur

/ French (farsœr) /


noun
  1. a writer of or performer in farces

  2. a joker

Derived forms of farceur

  • farceuse, fem n

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