Anna Arc he he he he he or the etymology of farce

[Michael Bailey]

I didn't know that.

Thanks, alice!

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:58 PM, alice wellintown
<alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
> late 14c., "force-meat, stuffing;" 1520s, as a type of dramatic work,
> from M.Fr. farce "comic interlude in a mystery play" (16c.), lit.
> "stuffing," from O.Fr. farcir "to stuff," (13c.), from L. farcire "to
> stuff, cram," of unknown origin, perhaps related to frequens
> "crowded." The pseudo-Latin farsia was applied 13c. in France and
> England to praise phrases inserted into liturgical formulae (e.g.
> between kyrie and eleison), then in O.Fr. farce was extended to the
> impromptu buffoonery among actors that was a feature of religious
> stage plays.
>
> see Medieval Drama
>
> especially the Easter Mass wherein music becomes the words spoken
>