SINCE 1828
commedia dell'arte
noun
com·me·dia del·l'ar·te
| \ kə-ˌmā-dē-ə-(ˌ)del-ˈär-tē
, kə-ˌme-\
, kə-ˌme-\
Definition of commedia dell'arte
: Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
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