About The Word Vaudeville
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Vaudeville
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What's The Definition Of Vaudeville?
[n] a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vaudeville: music hall Related Terms | Find terms related to Vaudeville: See Also | variety | variety show Vaudeville In Webster's Dictionary \Vaude"ville\, n.
Loosely, and now commonly, variety (see above), as, to play
in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor.
\Vaude"ville\, n. [F., fr. Vau-de-vire, a village in Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th century, composed such songs.] [Written also {vaudevil}.] 1. A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. 2. A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs. The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the opera bouffe, was light, graceful, and piquant. --Johnson's Cyc. |
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