bouffe

[boof]

noun

Music.

1. opéra bouffe.

bouffe

/ buːf /

noun

1. See opéra bouffe

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouffe¹

< French < Italian buffa, feminine of buffo comic; buffoon

Example Sentences

Turner, who exhibited an opéra bouffe appearance but was a slashing and dangerous player, had beaten Bobby in the previous year’s Rosenwald.

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When the feast is finished, la grande bouffe is done and you can’t imagine ever eating another bite, not even a wafer-thin mint . . . well, you need another drink.

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But 2½ hours of teenage insecurities turned into pop opéra bouffe make for a patience-trying endurance test for all but the most tolerant observers.

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As scandals go, this was minor stuff — more opéra bouffe than outrage.

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Here, it seemed, was the opéra bouffe climax of Mr. Trump’s campaign against the media, a bizarro-world spectacle that both encapsulated and parodied the president’s animus toward a major democratic institution.

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