Hypertext Webster Gateway: "buffa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buffa \Buf"fa\, n. fem. (Mus.) [It. See {Buffoon}.]
The comic actress in an opera. -- a. Comic, farcical.
{Aria buffa}, a droll or comic air.
{Opera buffa}, a comic opera. See {Opera bouffe}.
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