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se⋅ri⋅o⋅com⋅ic

  [seer-ee-oh-kom-ik]
–adjective
partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
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Also, se⋅ri⋅o⋅com⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1775–85; seri(ous) + -o- + comic

Related forms:
se⋅ri⋅o⋅com⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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se·ri·o·com·ic   (sîr'ē-ō-kŏm'ĭk)   
adj.  Both serious and comic.

[serio(us) + comic.]
se'ri·o·com'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

seriocomic 
1749 (implied in seriocomical), a blend of serious + comic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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