farcical
English
Etymology
farce + -ical, after comical etc.
Adjective
farcical (comparative more farcical, superlative most farcical)
- Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
- 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea's Bluff.”, in New York Times[1]:
- A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.
- 2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist[2]:
- In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.
Related terms
Translations
absurd
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Further reading
- “farcical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “farcical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “farcical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.