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farceur

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far·ceur  (fär-sr)
n.
1. One who acts in or writes a farce.
2. A comic; a wag.

[French, from Old French, from farcer, to joke, from farce, farce; see farce.]

farceur French [farsœr]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a writer of or performer in farces
2. a joker
farceuse  fem n


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"How far you may be right in what you have said I do not know," remarked the General moodily; "but I DO know that you are becoming an insufferable farceur whenever you are given the least chance.
He was an elderly man, with a white beard and a florid complexion, who had painted a number of decorations for the State, but these were an object of derision to the students he instructed: he was a disciple of Ingres, impervious to the progress of art and angrily impatient with that tas de farceurs whose names were Manet, Degas, Monet, and Sisley; but he was an excellent teacher, helpful, polite, and encouraging.
 
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