bouffe

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bouffe
    n 1: opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is
         spoken [syn: {comic opera}, {opera bouffe}, {bouffe},
         {opera comique}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bouffe \Bouffe\, n. [F., buffoon.]
   Comic opera. See {Opera Bouffe}.
   [1913 Webster]

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