commedia dell'arte
com·me·dia del·l'ar·te
noun\kə-ˌmā-dē-ə-(ˌ)del-ˈär-tē, kə-ˌme-\
Definition of COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
: Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
Origin of COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
Italian, literally, comedy of art
First Known Use: 1823
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