seriocomic

Definitions

1. 1

   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 […].
2. 2

   A seriocomic performer

   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.

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