operetta (opereta)

[= F. opérette, As to the Jewish religion, it was made up of a busy and operose law of carnal ordinances, which had but a very dim prospect beyond the enjoyment of plenty and affluence. Evelyn , True Religion, II. 179. The task,... however operose it may seem, is within the power of any one learned lawyer. Story , Misc. Writings, p. 393. operosely (op'e-ros-li), adv. In an operose manner.