seriocomic
seriocomic adjective: having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies.
Adjective
seriocomic (comparative more seriocomic, superlative most seriocomic)
- Having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies.
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a seriocomic romp through the summer of a group of teenagers.
- He addresses the audience directly and confidentially in an extraordinary 124-line adoxograph which is part social satire and part seriocomic plea for our commitment to his suzerainty […].2005, John W. Velz, “Adoxography as Mode of Discourse for Satan and His Underlings in Medieval Plays”, in Clifford Davidson, editor, The Dramatic Tradition of the Middle Ages [AMS Studies in the...
- Synonyms:
- ludicroserious, seriocomedic
Noun
seriocomic (plural seriocomics)
- A seriocomic performer; especially, a female variety performer working in seriocomic acting and singing.
- One day, when Philip had been at the shop for five months, Miss Alice Antonia, the well-known seriocomic, came in and asked to see Mr Sampson.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 107, in Of Human Bondage
Synonyms of seriocomic
Forms of seriocomic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more seriocomic |
| superlative | most seriocomic |
| Noun | |
| plural | seriocomics |
Words formed from seriocomic
Questions about seriocomic
- What does seriocomic mean?
- Seriocomic means having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies.
- What part of speech is seriocomic?
- Seriocomic can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near seriocomic in the dictionary
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