bouffe

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From French bouffe.

They had given this title to an operetta about to be played at the Bouffes. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
It seemed like an opera bouffe, the real thing, this motley array of brigands, all trying to maintain under difficulties the grave Spanish exterior. — Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude, Austin Bidwell
I know it’s disgraceful, but I go to sleep at the opera, and I sit out the opera bouffe to the last minute, and enjoy it. — Anna Karenina, Leo, graf Tolstoy

comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique

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