"kyogen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kyogens [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 狂言 (kyōgen きょうげん), from Middle Chinese 狂言 (güang-ngjon "crazed ramblings"), from 狂 ("crazy", "mad") + 言 ("speech"). Etymology templates: {{upright|きょうげん}} きょうげん, {{bor|en|ja|狂言|tr=kyōgen きょうげん}} Japanese 狂言 (kyōgen きょうげん), {{uder|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kyogen (countable and uncountable, plural kyogens)
  1. (uncountable) A form of traditional Japanese theatre, once performed alongside noh as a comic intermission. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-kyogen-en-noun-Yjf8hR6i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 29
  2. (countable) A work in this genre. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-kyogen-en-noun-jde6kVy0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kyōgen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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