tragicomedy
noun/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/UK/ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic + comedy, with haplology.
- derived from tragicōmoedia
- derived from tragicommedia
- borrowed from tragicomédie
Definitions
The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
The neighborhood
- neighbordramedy
- neighborseriocomic
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for tragicomedy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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