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HIGH COMEDY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high comedy mean?
• HIGH COMEDY (noun)
The noun HIGH COMEDY has 1 sense:
1. a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society
Familiarity information: HIGH COMEDY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("high comedy" is a kind of...):
comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)
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