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1374 from Old French 'comedie', from Latin 'comoedia', from Greek komoidia 1374, from O.Fr. comedie, from L. comoedia, from Gk. komoidia "a comedy, amusing spectacle," from komodios "singer in the revels," from komos "revel, carousal" + oidos "singer, poet,"

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Lenny Henry, English comedian....

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