Atellan

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atellan \A*tel"lan\, a. [L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient
     town of the Osci, in Campania.]
     Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan
     plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at
     Atella.
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