What's the difference between fabliau and farcical?
Fabliau
Definition:
(n.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.
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Farcical
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, Athletic Bilbao ’s Raúl García headed the only goal of a near-farcical first leg of their all-Spanish tie with Gary Neville’s Valencia .
(2) Any application for special mission status is considered on its overall merits and may be accepted or refused on legal or policy grounds.” Lord Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions who is acting for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood as well as the FJP, said: “There is strong evidence [Sisi] is guilty of serious and very public crimes, including the mass shooting of demonstrators, forced disappearances, kidnappings, torture, the organisation of farcical trials involving mass sentences of death.
(3) Daniel Sturridge back in England shirt for the first time in 573 days Read more The farcical nature of the situation was reinforced when the plane was able to touch down and, once again, it was held – this time on the outskirts of the airport while a parking spot was found.
(4) Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix got under way on Sunday on a farcical note with only 14 cars left in the race after the opening lap.
(5) I’ve written before about the farcical quality of DWP medical assessments .
(6) Their campaign started farcically and ended gloriously.
(7) It is ridiculous and farcical to try to blame Labour when the Tories agreed to the accession treaties.
(8) This person was one of the main ring leaders in a network of hostile institutions that were operating in recent years under the supervision of foreign government’s spying and media services.” Richard Ratcliffe, who is in the UK and needs a visa to travel to Iran , said: “If these are indeed the allegations, this is of course farcical.
(9) Australia's Matthew Neuhaus sent a diplomatic cable to Canberra titled "A farcical election", and called for a rerun.
(10) The sight of stuffy, bespectacled greying men berating films aimed primarily at teenage girls is as farcical as it is depressing.
(11) It amounts to a farcical repeat of Thatcherite economic history.
(12) Kerslake, who found himself in an impossible position, tried to steer the conversation away from Mackay and from what has been another farcical week at Cardiff.
(13) In one farcical local situation this week, a new-build primary school failed to open because the DfE didn't find a sponsor in time.
(14) The idea that Corbyn must only include clones and drones in the shadow cabinet is farcical.
(15) Talk of having [switchover] in 2015 is just farcical."
(16) I’ve come in and looked at the plan, looked at the calibre of players we’re targeting and said ‘wow’.” It was the first time the former England coach had spoken to the majority of the north-east media since the farcical press conference which marked his arrival at St James’ Park last month when, at the insistence of the club, McClaren spoke to only one national newspaper, the Daily Mirror, which has been discussing a so-called “preferred media partnership” arrangement with Newcastle.
(17) Piano is far more interested in examining how to "refertilise" the suburbs than attending every vote or immersing himself in Italy's fraught and frequently farcical party political scene.
(18) The charges against them are as salacious as they are farcical,” Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont said late last month .
(19) The hope must be that public pressure from the voters whose choices created these farcical situations may help to resolve them as they become more and more impatient with their dithering political leaders.
(20) Bernard Tomic savages Tennis Australia after Davis Cup backflip Read more Bernard Tomic’s public falling out with Tennis Australia has reached a new, farcical low, with the governing body forced into issuing an apology after an email was sent saying Tomic was to play in the upcoming “Hall of Shame Tennis Championships”.