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low comedy

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noun

comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.

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RELATED WORDS

burlesque, farce, horseplay, slapstick

Nearby words

low brass, low calorie diet, low camp, low church, low churchman, low comedy, low countries, low country, low explosive, low frequency, low fulham
Compare high comedy.

Origin of low comedy

First recorded in 1600–10

Related forms

low comedian, noun
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Examples from the Web for low comedy

  • You've been having a fine, low-comedy time laughing yourselves to death at me, haven't you?

    Jason|Justus Miles Forman

  • Didn't you s'pose I knew as well as any one that I got a low-comedy face and couldn't ever make the grade in a serious piece?

    Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson

  • On the one hand, Lessing and George Eliot; on the other, the stock dramatist and novelist, with their low-comedy villain.'

    The Grandchildren of the Ghetto|Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for low comedy

low comedy

noun

comedy characterized by slapstick and physical action

Derived Forms

low comedian, noun
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