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Webster 1913 Edition

Tragi-comedy

Tragˊi-com′e-dy

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
tragicomédie
, L.
tragicocomoedia
. See
Tragic
, and
Comedy
.]
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
The noble
tragi-comedy
of “Measure for Measure.”
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tragi-comedy

TRAGI-COM'EDY

,
Noun.
A kind of dramatic piece representing some action passed among eminent persons, the event of which is not unhappy, in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a species of composition not now used, or held in little estimation.

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