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opéra bouffe
[ op-er-uh boof, op-ruh; French aw-pey-ra boof ]
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of opéra bouffe1
Word History and Origins
Origin of opéra bouffe1
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.
Opéra bouffe twists into opéra sérieux.
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.
As scandals go, this was minor stuff — more opéra bouffe than outrage.
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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