"farse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɑː(ɹ)s/ Forms: farses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Medieval Latin farsa. Doublet of farce. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|farsa}} Medieval Latin farsa, {{smc|Farce}} Farce, {{doublet|en|farce}} Doublet of farce Head templates: {{en-noun}} farse (plural farses)
  1. A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
    Sense id: en-farse-en-noun-~13akEhD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 14 4 32 4 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 9 2 38 2 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɑː(ɹ)s/ Forms: farses [present, singular, third-person], farsing [participle, present], farsed [participle, past], farsed [past], farce [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Old French farsir. Doublet of farce. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|farsir}} Old French farsir, {{smc|Farce}} Farce, {{doublet|en|farce}} Doublet of farce Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: transitive Related terms: farsing
    Sense id: en-farse-en-verb-ylV7hG2f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 14 4 32 4 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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