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opéra bouffe
[ op-er-uh boof, op-ruh; French aw-pey-ra boof ]
noun
, plural o·pé·ra bouffes, o·pé·ras bouffe, French o·pé·ras bouffes [aw-pey-, r, a, , boof].
- a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
opéra bouffe
/ ɔpera buf; ˈɒpərə ˈbuːf /
noun
- a type of light or satirical opera common in France during the 19th century
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opéra bouffe1
Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opéra bouffe1
from French: comic opera
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Example Sentences
Such an appeal to Irving's sympathy and chivalry was enough to deprive the situation of its quality of opéra-bouffe.
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It was all so like a situation out of an opéra bouffe of Offenbach.
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She sang as she did it—a gay, shrill air from some opéra bouffe.
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