tragicomedy
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French tragicomédie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian tragicommedia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin tragicomoedia, contraction of tragicocomoedia (Plautus), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tragicus (“tragic”) comoedia (“comedy”).
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy
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