tragic

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tragic (comparative more tragic, superlative most tragic)

  1. Causing great sadness or suffering.
    Synonyms: pitiful, rueful; see also Thesaurus:lamentable
    • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 164:
      Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
  2. Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
  3. (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
    • 2008 February 14, “Search for tragic Madeleine McCann over”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, Australia:
    • 2012 June 25, Gary Meneely, “Keano's tribute to tragic James”, in The Irish Sun‎:
  4. (informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
    That dress is tragic.
    He's pretty tragic these days, hanging out with people half his age.

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Noun

tragic (plural tragics)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
  2. (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
  3. (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tragic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tragique, from Latin tragicus.

Adjective

tragic m or n (feminine singular tragică, masculine plural tragici, feminine and neuter plural tragice)

  1. tragical

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite tragic tragică tragici tragice
definite tragicul tragica tragicii tragicele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite tragic tragice tragici tragice
definite tragicului tragicei tragicilor tragicelor
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