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Word entry · 6 letters

comedy

Best crossword clue

"Funny performance or story"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒmədi/Part of speech nounSorted cdemoyStarts with CEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a comic incident or series of incidents

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English comedie, borrowed from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, borrowed from Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), or from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”). Doublet of commedia.

Used in a sentence

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
  • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

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