comico-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. comico-serious Brit.

/ˌkɒmᵻkəʊˈsɪərɪəs/, U.S.

/ˌkɑməkoʊˈsɪriəs/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin comico-.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin comico-, combining form (e.g. in comicotragicus comico-tragic (frequently from 1539 in work titles)) of classical Latin cōmicus comic adj.; compare -o- connective. Compare tragico- comb. form.Attested earliest in the late 16th cent. in the Latin adaptation comico-tragical (after post-classical Latin comicotragicus). Formations within English are found from the second half of the 18th cent., e.g. comico-serious.

1. Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘comic and ——’ or ‘comic ——’, as, comico-heroic, comico-serious, comico-tragedy, comico-tragic, comico-tragical. Cf. tragico- comb. form.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > tragedy > and comedy

tragicomical1567

comico-tragical1577

tragicomic1637

tragi-farcical1789

comico-tragic1827

tragico-comical1828

tragico-farcical1828

tragico-comic1832

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a tragi-comedy

tragicomedya1586

tragico-comedy1603

tragic-comedy1631

comi-tragedy1864

tragi-comedietta1864

comico-tragedy1880

1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 58 As some Princes, in other Cuntries haue made their lyues, Comicotragicall.

1732 Grub-St. Jrnl. 10 Sept. How happy a theme for the modern drama! Tragico-comical, and Comico tragical, following close upon the heels of one another!

1757 P. Bacon Moral Quack facing sig. B In this Satire Foppery—Lust—Drunkenness..are expos'd and censur'd—and comico-serious Remedies prescrib'd for the Cure of them.

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 336 The first scene was the most tragi-comic or comico-tragic that it was ever my fortune to be engaged in.

1847 T. De Quincey Schlosser's Lit. Hist. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 579/2 Wieland had a touch of the comico-cynical in his nature.

1880 Cornhill Mag. 42 659 A comico-tragedy was enacted at Mrs. Ellis's concerning this very plate.

1913 G. B. Halsted tr. H. Poincaré in Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 127 I care not to relate these comico-heroic combats.

1969 L. Crompton Shaw the Dramatist ix. 142 The first [sc. kind of vulgarity] is the comico-pathetic, specifically lower-class vulgarity of the flower girl.

1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Features section) Not all the writing has the remorseless comico-political logic of his novels.

2. In humorous ad hoc formations.

† comicocratic adj. Obsolete advocating or showing rule by the comical.

ΚΠ

1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 45 427 The idiosyncratic, democratic, cosmocratic, comicocratic Jeremy that he [sc. Bentham] is.

† comicoepy n. [ < comico- comb. form + -epy (in orthoepy n.)] Obsolete comic speaking.

ΚΠ

1831 ‘P. Palette’ Crayons from Commons 83 The risibles are constantly distended, Till all his comicoepy's expended.

† comicography n. [ < comico- comb. form + -graphy comb. form, after cryptography n.] Obsolete comical writing.

ΚΠ

1835 R. Southey Let. 20 July in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) VI. 270 Cryptography, or what might more properly be called in Dovean language, comicography.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comico-
释义	comico-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. comico-serious Brit. /ˌkɒmᵻkəʊˈsɪərɪəs/, U.S. /ˌkɑməkoʊˈsɪriəs/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin comico-. Etymology: < post-classical Latin comico-, combining form (e.g. in comicotragicus comico-tragic (frequently from 1539 in work titles)) of classical Latin cōmicus comic adj.; compare -o- connective. Compare tragico- comb. form.Attested earliest in the late 16th cent. in the Latin adaptation comico-tragical (after post-classical Latin comicotragicus). Formations within English are found from the second half of the 18th cent., e.g. comico-serious. 1. Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘comic and ——’ or ‘comic ——’, as, comico-heroic, comico-serious, comico-tragedy, comico-tragic, comico-tragical. Cf. tragico- comb. form. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > tragedy > and comedy tragicomical1567 comico-tragical1577 tragicomic1637 tragi-farcical1789 comico-tragic1827 tragico-comical1828 tragico-farcical1828 tragico-comic1832 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a tragi-comedy tragicomedya1586 tragico-comedy1603 tragic-comedy1631 comi-tragedy1864 tragi-comedietta1864 comico-tragedy1880 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 58 As some Princes, in other Cuntries haue made their lyues, Comicotragicall. 1732 Grub-St. Jrnl. 10 Sept. How happy a theme for the modern drama! Tragico-comical, and Comico tragical, following close upon the heels of one another! 1757 P. Bacon Moral Quack facing sig. B In this Satire Foppery—Lust—Drunkenness..are expos'd and censur'd—and comico-serious Remedies prescrib'd for the Cure of them. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 336 The first scene was the most tragi-comic or comico-tragic that it was ever my fortune to be engaged in. 1847 T. De Quincey Schlosser's Lit. Hist. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 579/2 Wieland had a touch of the comico-cynical in his nature. 1880 Cornhill Mag. 42 659 A comico-tragedy was enacted at Mrs. Ellis's concerning this very plate. 1913 G. B. Halsted tr. H. Poincaré in Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 127 I care not to relate these comico-heroic combats. 1969 L. Crompton Shaw the Dramatist ix. 142 The first [sc. kind of vulgarity] is the comico-pathetic, specifically lower-class vulgarity of the flower girl. 1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Features section) Not all the writing has the remorseless comico-political logic of his novels. 2. In humorous ad hoc formations. † comicocratic adj. Obsolete advocating or showing rule by the comical. ΚΠ 1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 45 427 The idiosyncratic, democratic, cosmocratic, comicocratic Jeremy that he [sc. Bentham] is. † comicoepy n. [ < comico- comb. form + -epy (in orthoepy n.)] Obsolete comic speaking. ΚΠ 1831 ‘P. Palette’ Crayons from Commons 83 The risibles are constantly distended, Till all his comicoepy's expended. † comicography n. [ < comico- comb. form + -graphy comb. form, after cryptography n.] Obsolete comical writing. ΚΠ 1835 R. Southey Let. 20 July in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) VI. 270 Cryptography, or what might more properly be called in Dovean language, comicography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1577
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