tragicomedy
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French tragicomédie, from Italian tragicommedia, from Late Latin tragicomoedia, contraction of tragicocomoedia (Plautus), from Latin tragicus (“tragic”) comoedia (“comedy”).
Noun[edit]
tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)
- (uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
- (countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
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Translations[edit]
drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy
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