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Definition of Buffo
1. n.masc. The comic actor in an opera.
Definition of Buffo
1. Noun. (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buffo
1. an operatic clown [n -FI or -FOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffo
Literary usage of Buffo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher: Adapted to Self-instruction, Both for by Gottfried Weber (1841)
"buffo. An Italian adjective, meaning ludicrous, comical, sportive, facetious,
and the like. It is frequently used to designate the character of a piece of ..."
2. The Beauties of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1835)
"... chief mountebank and buffo-dancer to his Highness. THE numerous letters which
I have written to our friend the slave-driver, as well as those to thy ..."
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