"farcical" meaning in English

See farcical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-farcical.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more farcical [comparative], most farcical [superlative]
Etymology: From farce + -ical, after comical etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|farce|ical}} farce + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} farcical (comparative more farcical, superlative most farcical)
  1. Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd. Derived forms: farcicality, farcically, farcicalness, semifarcical, unfarcical Related terms: farce, tragicofarcical Translations (absurd): bespottelijk (Dutch), lachwekkend (Dutch), kluchtig (Dutch), belachelijk (Dutch), ridinda (Esperanto), farssimainen (Finnish), järjetön (Finnish), ridicule (French), risible (French), farfelu (French), burlesque (French), grotesque (French), grotesk (German), irrwitzig (German), aberwitzig (German), absurd (German), fáránlegur (Icelandic), farsakenndur [masculine] (Icelandic), farsakennd [neuter] (Icelandic), farsakennt [neuter] (Icelandic), fjarstæðukenndur (Icelandic), mimicus (Latin), farsowy (Polish), caraghios (Romanian), absurd (Romanian), burlesc (Romanian), grotesc (Romanian), фарсовый (farsovyj) (Russian), farsesco (Spanish), farsartad (Swedish), matiyaw (Tagalog)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-farcical.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree English farcy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English farcical From farcy + -ical. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|farcy|-ical|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English farcy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English farcical [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-el", "lang" : "fro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ical", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ical", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "farcical", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="farcical"> From farcy + -ical. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} farcical (not comparable)
  1. (veterinary medicine, obsolete, rare) Pertaining to farcy. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-farcical-en-adj-~OO0-UZl Categories (other): Veterinary medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 64 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
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Etymology number: 2
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