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tragicomedy

/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/US/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/

tragicomedy noun: the genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and 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.
    • This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.2023 July 13, “Why the Orkney Islands are considering joining Norway”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2023

tragicomedy meaning in Tagalog

tragicomedy in Tagalog

drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy
lunus-katawanan

Forms of tragicomedy

pluraltragicomedies
alternative formcomicotragedy
alternative formcomitragedy

Origin of tragicomedy

Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic + comedy, with haplology.

Words formed from tragicomedy

Questions about tragicomedy

What does tragicomedy mean?
Tragicomedy means the genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
What is tragicomedy in Tagalog?
Tragicomedy in Tagalog is lunus-katawanan. See Tragicomedy meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is tragicomedy?
Tragicomedy is a noun.
How do you pronounce tragicomedy?
Tragicomedy is pronounced /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/ (UK).
What is the plural of tragicomedy?
The plural of tragicomedy is tragicomedies.

Words near tragicomedy in the dictionary

  1. tragicomedians
  2. tragicomedic
  3. tragicomedienne
  4. tragicomediennes
  5. tragicomedies
  6. tragicomedy
  7. tragicomic
  8. tragicomical
  9. tragicomicality
  10. tragicomically
  11. tragics

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