BURLETTA


Meaning of BURLETTA in English

/beuhr let"euh/ , n. Theat.

(in the 18th and 19th centuries) a musical drama containing rhymed lyrics and resembling comic opera or a comic play containing songs.

[ 1740-50; burl ( a ) jest (see BURLESQUE) + -etta -ETTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .