FARCICAL


Meaning of FARCICAL in English

I. ˈfärsə̇kəl, ˈfȧs-, -sēk- adjective

Etymology: farce (II) + -ical

1. : constituting or resembling farce in boisterous or nonsensical disregard of the serious or through extravagance or unnaturalness

a wild farcical exuberance of the clownish and swinish side of man — W.L.Sullivan

2. : receiving or meriting laughter or amused scorn as utterly without claim to serious consideration or as laughably inept

am I such a farcical bungler … that I should erect an obvious dummy and expect that some of the sharpest men in Europe would be deceived? — A. Conan Doyle

Synonyms: see laughable

II. adjective

Etymology: farcy + -ical

: of, relating to, or affected with farcy

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