Tragicomedy Definition

trăjĭ-kŏmĭ-dē
tragicomedies
noun
tragicomedies
A play or other literary work combining tragic and comic elements.
Webster's New World
The genre made up of such works.
American Heritage
A situation or incident in life like this.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
tragicomedy
Plural:
tragicomedies

Origin of Tragicomedy

  • French tragicomédie from Italian tragicommedia from Late Latin tragicōmoedia short for Latin tragicocōmoedia tragicus tragic tragic cōmoedia comedy comedy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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