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high comedy

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Etymology

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Coined in England in 1877 by George Meredith for his Essay on Comedy.

Noun

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high comedy (countable and uncountable, plural high comedies)

  1. A type of comedy characterized by witty dialogue and satire, as opposed to lowbrow farce.
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