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Meaning of FARCICAL

Pronunciation:  'fârsikul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
 
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 Synonyms: humorous, humourous, ludicrous, ridiculous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Far"ci*cal\, a.
    Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;
    unnatural; unreal.
          They deny the characters to be farcical, because they
          are ??tually in in nature.               --Gay.
    -- {Far"ci*cal*ly}, adv. -{Far"ci*cal*ness}, n.
    
  2. \Far"ci*cal\, a.
    Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See {Farcy}, n.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: absurd, amusing, broad, burlesque, camp, campy, caricatural, comic, comical, doggerel, droll, extravagant, foolish, funny, humorous, laughable, light, ludicrous, macaronic, mock-heroic, nonsensical, outrageous, parodic, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, satiric, silly, slapstick, tragicomic
 

 

 

 

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