n., pl., -dies.
- A drama combining elements of tragedy and comedy.
- The genre made up of such works.
- An incident or situation having both comic and tragic elements.
[French tragicomédie, from Italian tragicommedia, from Late Latin tragicōmoedia, short for Latin tragicocōmoedia : tragicus, tragic; see tragic + cōmoedia, comedy; see comedy.]
tragicomic trag'i·com'ic (-kŏm'ĭk) or trag'i·com'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.tragicomically trag'i·com'i·cal·ly adv.
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