tragicomedy

English

Etymology

From Middle French tragicomédie, from Italian tragicommedia, from Late Latin tragicomoedia, contraction of tragicocomoedia (Plautus), from Latin tragicus (“tragic”) comoedia (“comedy”).

Noun

tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)

  1. (uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
  2. (countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

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