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comedy

noun
/ˈkɒm.ə.di/UK/ˈkɑ.mə.di/US/ˈkɔm(ə)ɖi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awoidós Ancient Greek ἀοιδός (aoidós) Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin cōmoediader. Middle French comediebor. Middle English comedie English comedy Inherited from Middle English comedie, borrowed from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, borrowed from Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), or from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”). Doublet of commedia.

  1. derived from κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ
  2. derived from cōmoedia
  3. derived from comedie
  4. derived from comediebor
  5. derived from cōmoediader

Definitions

  1. a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece

  2. a light, amusing play with a happy ending

    • A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.

  3. a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone

    2. the genre of such works

    3. entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance

      • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

    4. the art of composing comedy

    5. a humorous event

The neighborhood

  • antonymdramaantonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”
  • antonymtragedyantonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”
  • neighborcomic
  • neighborode
  • neighbordramalight, humorous, or satirical work
  • neighborfarcelight, humorous, or satirical work

Derived

anticomedy, comedian, comedic, comedically, comedy breasts, comedy drama, docucomedy, dramedy, high comedy, metacomedy, musical comedy, noncomedy, romedy, sentimental comedy, telecomedy, warmedy, zomedy, comedy and tragedy, comedy duo, comedy equals tragedy plus time, comedy gold, comedy mask, comedy of errors, comedy of manners, black comedy, cringe comedy, Ealing comedy, improvisational comedy, observational comedy, physical comedy, prop comedy, romantic comedy, screwball comedy, sex comedy, situation comedy, sitcom, stand-up comedy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at comedy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at comedy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at comedy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA