burletta
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian burletta, diminutive of burla (“mockery”). See burlesque.
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Noun[edit]
burletta (plural burlettas or burlette)
- A comic operetta; a musical farce.
- 1809, Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers:
- The curtain dropped, the gay Burletta o'er
- 1823, Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy, The Percy Anecdotes, volume 17, page 97:
- In addition to burlesque plays, operas and burlettas, the Italians invented two other species. of drama, pastoral and rustic plays.
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Noun[edit]
burletta f (plural burlette)
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