Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comedietta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: come-di-et-ta
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.

Example Sentences

"He once lay in hiding for two months with the duchesse du Maine at Sceaux, where were produced the comedietta of La Prude and the tragedy of Rome sauvée, […]"

Etymology

From the Italian diminutive of commedia (“comedy”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

comediettas (plural)

Questions

What does comedietta mean?: A dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.
Where does comedietta come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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