COMEDIA

Meaning of COMEDIA in English

kəˈmādēə, kōˈmāthyȧ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Spanish, from Latin comoedia — more at comedy

: a Spanish regular-verse drama or comedy : comedy

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

COMEDIA — n comedy
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CLOAK-AND-SWORD — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: translation of Spanish ( comedia de ) capa y espada cloak-and-sword comedy : dealing in fictional or …
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COMEDY — — comedial /keuh mee"dee euhl/ , adj. /kom"i dee/ , n. , pl. comedies . 1. a play, movie, etc., …
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