farceur
Americannoun
plural
farceurs-
a writer or director of or actor in farce.
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a joker; wag.
noun
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a writer of or performer in farces
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a joker
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of farceur
1775–85; < French, Middle French, equivalent to farc ( er ) to joke, banter (derivative of farce farce ) + -eur -eur
Explanation
A farceur is a comedian or jokester, especially one whose specialty is broad, satirical comedy. Your teacher may call you the class clown, but you can insist on being known as the farceur of the freshman class. Use this word for anyone who really makes you laugh, as well as people who write or perform hilariously clever spoofs and satires. Farceur is derived from the French farce, "comic interlude in a play," or literally "stuffing," and its root, farcire, "to stuff or cram."
Example Sentences
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He began as the disillusioned farceur of “Roger & Me,” in 1989.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020
What might life be like in a country helmed by a genuinely funny comedian, rather than a farceur?
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2019
Andrew Sachs, a seasoned farceur who portrayed the diminutive, dunderheaded and much-abused Spanish waiter Manuel on “Fawlty Towers,” widely regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all time, died Nov. 23 in London.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016
John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016
The women crossed themselves, and the men muttered "farceur."
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
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