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trag⋅i⋅com⋅e⋅dy

  [traj-i-kom-i-dee]
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–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] , 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)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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