/ fɑːs; NAmE fɑːrs/ noun
1.
[ C , U ] a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance :
a bedroom farce (= a funny play about sex)
2.
[ C ] a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes ridiculous :
The trial was a complete farce.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: from French , literally stuffing , from farcir to stuff, from Latin farcire . An earlier sense of forcemeat stuffing became used metaphorically for comic interludes “stuffed” into the texts of religious plays, which led to the current usage.