Word of the Day:
tragedian
What It Means
An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
A playwright who writes tragedies.
Tragedian in Context
“And as for the separation scene from the child, while Becky was reciting it, Emmy retired altogether behind her pocket-handkerchief, so that the consummate little tragedian must have been charmed to see the effect which her performance produced on her audience.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English tragedyen, from Old French tragediane (French tragédien), equivalent to tragedy + -ian.
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