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comedic

[kuh-mee-dik, -med-ik] Origin

co·me·dic

[kuh-mee-dik, -med-ik]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of comedy.
Also, co·me·di·cal.


Origin:
1630–40; < Latin cōmoedicus < Greek kōmōidikós, equivalent to kōmōid(ía) comedy + -ikos -ic

co·me·di·cal·ly, adverb

comedic, comic, comical.
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Comedic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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comedic (kəˈmiːdɪk)
 
adj
of or relating to comedy

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comedic
1630s, from L. comoedicus, from Gk. komoidikos "pertaining to comedy," from komoidia (see comedy).
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