Etymology

comedy of errors

com·e·dy of err·ors

Today it means: A comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc. Full definition →

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From comedy + of + errors, probably coined by the English playwright William Shakespeare (c. 1564 – 1616) as the title of the play The Comedy of Errors (written c. 1594; published 1623), about two sets of identical twins separated at birth who are involved in a series of mistaken identities.

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