farceur

American  

[fahr-sur, far-sœr] / fɑrˈsɜr, farˈsœr /

noun

plural

farceurs

1. a writer or director of or actor in farce.

2. a joker; wag.

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farceur British  

/ farsœr /

noun

1. a writer of or performer in farces

2. a joker

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Other Word Forms

• farceuse noun

Etymology

Origin of farceur

1775–85; < French, Middle French, equivalent to farc ( er ) to joke, banter (derivative of farce farce ) + -eur -eur

Example Sentences

They’re all presented on the page by an inspired farceur whose exquisitely penned prose seems effortless, but belies the painstaking craftsmanship needed to make his split-second timing come off.

From Los Angeles Times

With “Topper,” “The Awful Truth,” and “Bringing Up Baby,” the recently christened Cary Grant found his truest expression as farceur: virile and subtle, intelligent and flummoxed and — crucially — not quite believing in his own attractiveness.

From Washington Post

What might life be like in a country helmed by a genuinely funny comedian, rather than a farceur?

From The Guardian

In Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play,” which opened on Monday at Playwrights Horizons, the familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting from expert farceurs.

From New York Times

I mean the sort of tickling administered by a team of master farceurs who frisk you into a state of sustained laughter, as involuntary and contented as the purr of a kitten at play.

From New York Times