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Noun: commedia dell'arte  ku'mey-dee-u del'aa(r)-tee
  1. Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters

Derived forms: commedias dell'arte

Type of: comedy

Encyclopedia: Commedia dell'arte