TRAGICAL

tragic, tragical

(adjective) very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; “a tragic face”; “a tragic plight”; “a tragic accident”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

tragical (comparative more tragical, superlative most tragical)

(archaic) tragic

Source: Wiktionary


Trag"ic, Trag"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. tragicus, Gr.tragique.]

1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. Why look you still so stern and tragical Shak.

– Trag"ic*al*ly, adv.

– Trag"ic*al*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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