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trag·i·com·e·dy       [traj-i-kom-i-dee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -dies.
1.a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
2.an incident, or series of incidents, of mixed tragic and comic character.
[Origin: 1570–80; < LL tragicōmoedia, syncopated var. of L tragicocōmoedia. See tragic, -o-, comedy]

—Related forms
trag·i·com·ic       [traj-i-kom-ik] Pronunciation Key, trag·i·com·i·cal, adjective
trag·i·com·i·cal·ly, adverb
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trag·i·com·e·dy       (trāj'ĭ-kŏm'ĭ-dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. trag·i·com·e·dies
  1. A drama combining elements of tragedy and comedy.
  2. The genre made up of such works.
  3. 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.]

trag'i·com'ic (-kŏm'ĭk), trag'i·com'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., trag'i·com'i·cal·ly adv.
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tragicomedy 
1579, from M.Fr. tragicomédie (1545), from It. tragicommedia, from L.L. tragicomoedia (c.325), contraction of tragicocomoedia (Plautus), from tragicus (see tragic) + comoedia (see comedy).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tragicomedy

noun
1. a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating 
2. a comedy with serious elements or overtones [syn: seriocomedy] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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