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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Farce \Farce\, n. [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes
   farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See {Farce}, v. t.]
   1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used
      on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

   2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by
      low humor, generally written with little regard to
      regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous
      incidents and expressions.

            Farce is that in poetry which ``grotesque'' is in a
            picture: the persons and action of a farce are all
            unnatural, and the manners false.     --Dryden.

   3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. ``The farce of
      state.'' --Pope.

Farce \Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Farced}, p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Farcing}.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to
   fence in, stop up. Cf. {Force} to stuff, {Diaphragm},
   {Frequent}, {Farcy}, {Farse}.]
   1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled
      ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]

            The first principles of religion should not be
            farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp.
                                                  Sanderson.

            His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.

   2. To render fat. [Obs.]

            If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.  --B. Jonson.

   3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]

            Farcing his letter with fustian.      --Sandys.

資料來源 : WordNet®

farce
     n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
          situations [syn: {farce comedy}, {travesty}]
     2: mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios
        and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and
        bound with eggs [syn: {forcemeat}]