TRAGICOMEDY

seriocomedy, tragicomedy

(noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones

tragicomedy

(noun) a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)

(uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

(countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

Source: Wiktionary


Trag`i-com"e*dy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tragicomédie, L. tragicocomoedia. See Tragic, and Comedy.]

Definition: A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy. The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure." Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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