burletta

From Italian, diminutive of burla (“mockery”). See burlesque.

burletta (plural burlettas or burlette)

1. A comic operetta; a musical farce.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Byron to this entry?)

   • 1823, Sholto Percy, ‎Reuben Percy, The Percy Anecdotes (volume 17, page 97)

     In addition to burlesque plays, operas and burlettas, the Italians invented two other species. of drama, pastoral and rustic plays.

• rebuttal

burletta f (plural burlette)

1. joke
2. trick

• buttarle