Etymology

burletta

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Today it means: A comic operetta; a musical farce. Full definition →

Italian burletta
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromburletta
  2. English todayburletta

From Italian burletta, diminutive of burla (“mockery”). See burlesque.

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