TRAGEDIES
Noun
tragedies
plural of tragedy
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
TRAGEDY
Trag"e*dy, n.; pl. Tragedies. Etym: [OE.tragedie, OF.tragedie, F.
tragédie, L. tragoedia, Gr. trout) + Ode.]
1. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal
action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue;
that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of
character and life.
Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie,
Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfallen out of high
degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly. Chaucer.
All our tragedies are of kings and princes. Jer. Taylor.
tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in
unlimited jest. Coleridge.
2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are
lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition