Hypertext Webster Gateway: "farcical"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.
Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;
unnatural; unreal.

They deny the characters to be farcical, because they
are ??tually in in nature. --Gay.
-- {Far"ci*cal*ly}, adv. -{Far"ci*cal*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.
Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See {Farcy}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

farcical
adj : broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the
wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green
hair" [syn: {ludicrous}, {ridiculous}]


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