farce (n.)
- arlequinade
- bagatelle
- bauble
- bean
- bit
- burlesque
- button
- camp
- caricature
- cent
- comedy
- curio
- dressing
- esprit
- exode
- farthing
- feather
- fig
- folderol
- forcemeat
- frippery
- gaud
- gewgaw
- gimcrack
- hair
- halfpenny
- harlequinade
- humor
- imitation
- irony
- jest
- joke
- kickshaw
- knickknack
- knickknackery
- lampoon
- mime
- mock
- mockery
- molehill
- musical
- parody
- pastiche
- peppercorn
- pin
- pinprick
- pleasantry
- rap
- rush
- salt
- sarcasm
- satire
- sham
- shit
- slapstick
- snap
- sou
- squib
- straw
- stuffing
- takeoff
- toy
- tragicomedy
- travesty
- trifle
- trinket
- triviality
- tuppence
- twopence
- wit
farce (v.)
Let down the curtain: the farce is done.
Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?
