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opera bouffe

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o⋅pé⋅ra bouffe

  [op-er-uh boof, op-ruh; Fr. aw-pey-ra boof]
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–noun, plural o⋅pé⋅ra bouffes, o⋅pé⋅ras bouffe, French. o⋅pé⋅ras bouffes  [aw-pey-ra boof] .
a comic opera, esp. of farcical character.
Origin:
1865–70; < F
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o·pé·ra bouffe   (ŏp'ər-ə bōōf', ŏp'rə, ô-pā-rä bōōf')   
n.  A comic, often farcical opera.

[French, from Italian opera buffa; see opera buffa.]
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