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comic

adj
/ˈkɒmɪk/UK/ˈkɑmɪk/US

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

  1. derived from κωμικός
  2. derived from comicus

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.

    • comic genius
    • a comic stereotype

  2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc

    Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.

    • There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]

  3. Unintentionally humorous

    Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.

    • As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […], I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Of or relating to comics or sequential art.

    2. A comedian.

      • She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

    3. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions

      A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.

    4. A children's magazine.

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Derived

comic-adjacent, comicana, comic book, comicdom, comic dub, comics, comic strip, comicverse, film comic, minicomic, momic, photocomic, prop comic, rage comic, scienticomic, scientificomic, sprite comic, stand-up comic, webcomic

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at comic

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