COMICS

COMIC

comedian, comic

(noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

comics

the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art

Synonyms

• (newspaper): funnies, funny pages, funny papers

Noun

comics

plural of comic

Anagrams

• cosmic

Source: Wiktionary


COMIC

Com"ic, a. Etym: [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. comique. See Comedy.]

1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. B. Jonson.

2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. "Comic shows." Shak.

Com"ic, n.

Definition: A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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