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BURLETTA

\bɜːlˈɛtə], \bɜːlˈɛtə], \b_ɜː_l_ˈɛ_t_ə]\

Definitions of BURLETTA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A comic operetta; a music farce.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A comic operetta; a music farce.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A comic opera; a musical farce.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A comic opera; a musical farce.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

bur-let'a, n. a musical farce: comic opera. [It.;--dim. of burla, a jest.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

A comic operetta. [It. burlare, to jest, from which also burlesque.]

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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