farse

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɑː(ɹ)s/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s
Homophone: farce

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin farsa.^[1] Doublet of farce.

Noun

farse (plural farses)

A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.

Etymology 2

From Old French farsir.^[2] Doublet of farce.

Alternative forms

farce

Verb

farse (third-person singular simple present farses, present participle farsing, simple past and past participle farsed)

(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
- 2010, Frank C. Senn, The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy, page 138:
  There is also evidence of glossing (or farsing) the texts of the Epistles read in the masses of the Christmas Octave.

Related terms

farsing

References

^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Farse (fāɹs), sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 79, column 3: “A mod. adaptation of med.L. farsa (see Farce sb.)”
^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Farse (fāɹs), v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 79, column 3: “ad. OF farsir, in pa. pple. latinized as farcitus: see Farce sb.”

Anagrams

reafs, SAfrE, fears, Frase, fares, Fears, Feras, Afers, safer, Freas, faers

Italian

Noun

farse f

plural of farsa

Anagrams

frase, fresa, sfare, sfera

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

farse

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin farsa, from farcire, via French farce.

Noun

farse m (definite singular farsen, indefinite plural farser, definite plural farsene)

a farce (comedy)
mince (minced meat) (UK)

References

“farse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

farse

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Latin farsa, from farcire, via French farce.

Noun

farse m (definite singular farsen, indefinite plural farsar, definite plural farsane)

a farce (comedy)
mince (minced meat) (UK)

References

“farse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

[1] James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Farse (fāɹs), sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 79, column 3: “A mod. adaptation of med.L. farsa (see Farce sb.)”

[2] James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Farse (fāɹs), v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 79, column 3: “ad. OF farsir, in pa. pple. latinized as farcitus: see Farce sb.”

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