burletta

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

• IPA^(key): /bə(ɹ)ˈlɛtə/

burletta (plural burlettas or burlette)

1. A comic operetta; a musical farce.
   • 1808, Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers

     The curtain dropped, the gay Burletta o'er

   • 1823, Sholto Percy; Reuben Percy, The Percy Anecdotes, volume 17, page 97:

     In addition to burlesque plays, operas and burlettas, the Italians invented two other species. of drama, pastoral and rustic plays.

• rebuttal

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• IPA^(key): /burˈlet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: bur‧lét‧ta

burletta f (plural burlette)

1. joke
2. trick

• buttarle