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Webster 1913 Edition


Tragical

{

Trag′ic

,

Trag′ic-al

, }
Adj.
[L.
tragicus
, Gr.[GREEK]: cf. F.
tragique
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy;
as, a
tragic
poem; a
tragic
play or representation
.
2.
Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous;
as, the
tragic
scenes of the French revolution
.
3.
Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and
tragical
?
Shakespeare
Trag′ic-al-ly
,
adv.
Trag′ic-al-ness
,
Noun.

Definition 2024


tragical

tragical

English

Adjective

tragical

  1. (archaic) tragic
    • 1918, Woodrow Wilson, Address to the Joint Session of Congress on the Fourteen Points
      No statesman who has the least conception of responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to continue this tragical and appalling outpouring of blood and treasure...