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opéra bouffe

[ op-er-uh boof, op-ruh; French aw-pey-ra boof ]

noun

plural opéra bouffes, opéras bouffe, French opéras bouffes
  1. a comic opera, especially of farcical character.


opéra bouffe

/ ɔpera buf; ˈɒpərə ˈbuːf /

noun

  1. a type of light or satirical opera common in France during the 19th century
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of opéra bouffe1

Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of opéra bouffe1

from French: comic opera
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Turner, who exhibited an opéra bouffe appearance but was a slashing and dangerous player, had beaten Bobby in the previous year’s Rosenwald.

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Opéra bouffe twists into opéra sérieux.

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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.

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As scandals go, this was minor stuff — more opéra bouffe than outrage.

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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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