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English
Etymology
Blend of tragic + comic
Adjective
tragicomic (comparative more tragicomic, superlative most tragicomic)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects.
- Synonyms: comicotragic, comicotragical, jocoserious
- Coordinate term: tragicofarcical
2009 April 12, Robert D. McFadden, Scott Shane, “In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates”, in The New York Times, page A1:The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tragi-comique.
Adjective
tragicomic m or n (feminine singular tragicomică, masculine plural tragicomici, feminine and neuter plural tragicomice)
- tragicomic
Declension