COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commedia dell'arte mean? 

• COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE (noun)
  The noun COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE has 1 sense:

1. Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters

  Familiarity information: COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("commedia dell'arte" is a kind of...):

comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)