Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Farcical \Far"ci*cal\, a.
   Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous;
   unnatural; unreal.

         They deny the characters to be farcical, because they
         are ??tually in in nature.               --Gay.
   -- {Far"ci*cal*ly}, adv. -{Far"ci*cal*ness}, n.