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Definition of commedia dell’arte noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

commedia dell’arte

noun
 
/kɒˌmeɪdɪə del ˈɑːteɪ/
 
/kəˌmeɪdiə del ˈɑːrti/
[uncountable] (from Italian)
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  1. traditional Italian theatre in which the same characters appeared in different plays
    Word OriginItalian, ‘comedy of art’.
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