comedicadj.

Brit.

/kəˈmiːdɪk/, U.S.

/kəˈmidɪk/

Forms: 1600s comedick, 1800s– comedic, 1800s– comoedic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cōmoedicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin cōmoedicus of or relating to comedy, comic (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) < ancient Greek κωμῳδικός of or relating to comedy, comic < κωμῳδία comedy n.¹ + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier comedical adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of comedy; = comic adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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

comical?a1475

comic1567

comedical1600

comedic1639

comedial1662

low comedy1814

Thalian1864

1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 223 This might be the comedick catastrophe of our verie fearfull-like Episcopall tragedie.

1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxix Such a definition..would have the singular luck of excluding our very best comedic dramas from the list of comedies.

1864 J. A. in Ladies' Compan. 25 194/1 The comic element..soon associated with itself a comedic element, manifested in the representation of manners and characters of the current age... I ask pardon for coining this word comedic; but comic, in the signification which it has gradually assumed, does not express what I mean.

1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 27 Mar. 314 Speaking of the masters of the comedic spirit (if I call it, as he does, the Comic Spirit, this darkened generation will suppose me to refer to the animal spirits of tomfools and merryandrews).

1920 M. Beerbohm And Even Now 316 Falstaff is a triumph of comedic creation.

1975 H. Acton Nancy Mitford vi. 75 There were many others who brought grist to her comedic mill.

2004 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 76 76 The humor suffers when the knowledgable..historian goes to lengths explicating..the comedic devices.

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

单词	comedic
释义	comedicadj. Brit. /kəˈmiːdɪk/, U.S. /kəˈmidɪk/ Forms: 1600s comedick, 1800s– comedic, 1800s– comoedic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cōmoedicus. Etymology: < classical Latin cōmoedicus of or relating to comedy, comic (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) < ancient Greek κωμῳδικός of or relating to comedy, comic < κωμῳδία comedy n.¹ + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier comedical adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of comedy; = comic adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > comedy comical?a1475 comic1567 comedical1600 comedic1639 comedial1662 low comedy1814 Thalian1864 1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 223 This might be the comedick catastrophe of our verie fearfull-like Episcopall tragedie. 1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxix Such a definition..would have the singular luck of excluding our very best comedic dramas from the list of comedies. 1864 J. A. in Ladies' Compan. 25 194/1 The comic element..soon associated with itself a comedic element, manifested in the representation of manners and characters of the current age... I ask pardon for coining this word comedic; but comic, in the signification which it has gradually assumed, does not express what I mean. 1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 27 Mar. 314 Speaking of the masters of the comedic spirit (if I call it, as he does, the Comic Spirit, this darkened generation will suppose me to refer to the animal spirits of tomfools and merryandrews). 1920 M. Beerbohm And Even Now 316 Falstaff is a triumph of comedic creation. 1975 H. Acton Nancy Mitford vi. 75 There were many others who brought grist to her comedic mill. 2004 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 76 76 The humor suffers when the knowledgable..historian goes to lengths explicating..the comedic devices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1639
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