comedizev.

Brit.

/ˈkɒmᵻdʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈkɑməˌdaɪz/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– comedize, 1900s– comedise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: comedy n.¹, -ize suffix.

Etymology: < comedy n.¹ + -ize suffix. Compare post-classical Latin comoedissare to perform comedy (4th cent. in an isolated attestation), ancient Greek κωμῳδεῖν to satirize, ridicule, in Hellenistic Greek also to write comedies.

1. transitive. To perform or write (a play, scene, etc.) in a comic style or manner; to treat or dramatize in comic form.

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1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R4^v Wee shall..trumpe and poope him well enough if the winde come in that doore, and he will needes fall a Comedizing it.

1778 London Evening-post 14 Mar. His voice..inclining to a whine.., comedized some of the finest passages of the play.

1780 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 Oct. Tragedies are (if I may use the expression) comedized, and comedies tragedized, in the Margate theatre.

1820 Kirby's Wonderful & Eccentric Museum 5 7 Laughter convulsed the house, and made it sometimes impossible..to forbear from a smile and a titter, where a sob and a tear would be appropriate, if the tragedy had not been so superlatively comedized.

1925 Guardian 15 Sept. 8/7 Chaplin..has packed his plot with episode, rather than stand in the heart of a theme and comedise it with his touch.

1948 Winnipeg Free Press 5 July 5/1 Ruth Gordon..took the opportunity to dramatize (or we might say comedize) her experiences in the play.

2010 Telegram & Gaz. (Mass.) (Nexis) 28 Sept. b9 ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ dramatizes—or perhaps better stated, comedizes—the true story of..the Clark Gable/Vivien Leigh classic.

2. intransitive. To perform in a comic manner or as a comedian. Somewhat rare.

ΚΠ

1853 Retrosp. Rev. 2 12 The smaller persons in a tragedy may chat merrily..; [they] comedize amid the most tragic circumstance.

1970 W. E. McCulloh Longus 58 In one quaint moment Longus seems actually to be comedizing for the sheer fun of it.

2005 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 30 Oct. b2 She comedizes! She sings! She spills her guts about her suicide attempt!

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comedize
释义	comedizev. Brit. /ˈkɒmᵻdʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkɑməˌdaɪz/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– comedize, 1900s– comedise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: comedy n.¹, -ize suffix. Etymology: < comedy n.¹ + -ize suffix. Compare post-classical Latin comoedissare to perform comedy (4th cent. in an isolated attestation), ancient Greek κωμῳδεῖν to satirize, ridicule, in Hellenistic Greek also to write comedies. 1. transitive. To perform or write (a play, scene, etc.) in a comic style or manner; to treat or dramatize in comic form. ΚΠ 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R4^v Wee shall..trumpe and poope him well enough if the winde come in that doore, and he will needes fall a Comedizing it. 1778 London Evening-post 14 Mar. His voice..inclining to a whine.., comedized some of the finest passages of the play. 1780 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 Oct. Tragedies are (if I may use the expression) comedized, and comedies tragedized, in the Margate theatre. 1820 Kirby's Wonderful & Eccentric Museum 5 7 Laughter convulsed the house, and made it sometimes impossible..to forbear from a smile and a titter, where a sob and a tear would be appropriate, if the tragedy had not been so superlatively comedized. 1925 Guardian 15 Sept. 8/7 Chaplin..has packed his plot with episode, rather than stand in the heart of a theme and comedise it with his touch. 1948 Winnipeg Free Press 5 July 5/1 Ruth Gordon..took the opportunity to dramatize (or we might say comedize) her experiences in the play. 2010 Telegram & Gaz. (Mass.) (Nexis) 28 Sept. b9 ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ dramatizes—or perhaps better stated, comedizes—the true story of..the Clark Gable/Vivien Leigh classic. 2. intransitive. To perform in a comic manner or as a comedian. Somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1853 Retrosp. Rev. 2 12 The smaller persons in a tragedy may chat merrily..; [they] comedize amid the most tragic circumstance. 1970 W. E. McCulloh Longus 58 In one quaint moment Longus seems actually to be comedizing for the sheer fun of it. 2005 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 30 Oct. b2 She comedizes! She sings! She spills her guts about her suicide attempt! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1596
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