A variant spelling of comedietta; a short or light comedy or brief comic musical piece.
From French 'comediette,' which adopted and Gallicized the Italian 'comedietta' with a French spelling. This variant appears in English texts influenced by French theatrical terminology, particularly in the 19th century.
Comediette versus comedietta—this spelling variation shows the Anglo-French-Italian tug-of-war in musical theater vocabulary, where each language insisted on its own diminutive aesthetic!
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