farse

See also: Färse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑː(ɹ)s/
• Homophone: farce

Noun

farse (plural farses)

1. A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.

Verb

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

1. (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.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Afers, Fears, Feras, Frase, SAfrE, fares, fears, reafs, safer

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Italian

Noun

farse f

1. plural of farsa

Anagrams

• frase
• fresa
• sfare
• sfera

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin farsa, from farcire, via French farce

Noun

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

1. a farce (comedy)
2. mince (minced meat) (UK)

References

• “farse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin farsa, from farcire, via French farce

Noun

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

1. a farce (comedy)
2. mince (minced meat) (UK)

References

• “farse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.