different between quip vs farce
quip
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?p, IPA(key): /kw?p/, [k?w??p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
quip (plural quips)
- A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year
- He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Derived terms
- quipful
Translations
Verb
quip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)
- (intransitive) To make a quip.
- (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
- He did not really mind being quipped; the city gentlemen made him used to that sort of thing.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
Translations
Anagrams
- Puqi
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farce
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??s/
- (General American) enPR: färs, IPA(key): /f??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French farce (“comic interlude in a mystery play”, literally “stuffing”).
Noun
farce (countable and uncountable, plural farces)
- (uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
- (countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
- (uncountable) A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
- (uncountable) A ridiculous or empty show.
Derived terms
- farcical
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb from Middle English farcen, from Old French farsir, farcir, from Latin farci? (“to cram, stuff”).
Verb
farce (third-person singular simple present farces, present participle farcing, simple past and past participle farced)
- (transitive) To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
- The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
- (transitive, figuratively) To fill full; to stuff.
- 1678, Robert Sanderson, Pax Ecclesiae
- The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets.
- 1678, Robert Sanderson, Pax Ecclesiae
- (transitive, obsolete) To make fat.
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- if thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- (transitive, obsolete) To swell out; to render pompous.
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
- farcing his letter with fustian
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
Translations
Noun
farce
- (cooking) Forcemeat, stuffing.
Further reading
- farce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- farce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- farce at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Facer, facer
Czech
Noun
farce
- dative singular of farka
- locative singular of farka
French
Etymology
From Old French farse, from Medieval Latin farsa, feminine perfect passive participle from farc?re, from farci? (“I stuff”). The theatre sense alludes to the pleasant and varied character of certain stuffed food items.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa?s/
Noun
farce f (plural farces)
- (cooking) stuffing
- (theater) farce
Derived terms
Related terms
- farcir
Descendants
Further reading
- “farce” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
References
Hausa
Noun
farc? m (plural far??t?, possessed form farcèn)
- fingernail
- Synonym: ?umba
Italian
Noun
farce f
- plural of farcia
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
farce f (plural farces)
- (Jersey) batter
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