serio-comicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪərɪəʊˈkɒmᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌsɪrioʊˈkɑmək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: serio- comb. form, comical adj.

Etymology: < serio- comb. form + comical adj. Compare later serio-comic adj.

Partly serious and partly comical; = serio-comic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > serio-comic

serio-comical1708

serio-comic1739

serio-comique1844

1708 Prophets Pref. sig. B2 Several successful Tragedies... the last being Serio-Comical.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. vii. viii. 57 My serio-comical reception behind the scenes.

1857 E. Bennett Border Rover xxxi. 430 The man who could have looked upon the serio-comical face of Sam Botter without laughing, might with propriety be hired out as a mourner.

1938 Parnassus 10 12/2 They were serio-comical studies..of Parisian types, customs and manners.

2004 H. Mancing Cervantes Encycl. I. 54/2 Novelistic discourse existed in ancient and medieval times, especially in such ‘serio-comical’ genres as the Socratic dialogue.

Derivatives

ˌserio-ˈcomically adv.

ΚΠ

1811 Monthly Mag. May 463/1 Fielding serio-comically endeavours to prove..that a man does not write the worse on a subject for understanding a little about it.

1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 11 Her hair..was tumbled serio-comically about her forehead.

1979 M. A. Screech Rabelais 137 The humour soon becomes more serio-comically up-to-date.

2007 New Yorker 30 Apr. 21/1 Spoken and sung sections treat insecurities seriocomically and sometimes scatologically.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	serio-comical
释义	serio-comicaladj. Brit. /ˌsɪərɪəʊˈkɒmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsɪrioʊˈkɑmək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: serio- comb. form, comical adj. Etymology: < serio- comb. form + comical adj. Compare later serio-comic adj. Partly serious and partly comical; = serio-comic adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > serio-comic serio-comical1708 serio-comic1739 serio-comique1844 1708 Prophets Pref. sig. B2 Several successful Tragedies... the last being Serio-Comical. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. vii. viii. 57 My serio-comical reception behind the scenes. 1857 E. Bennett Border Rover xxxi. 430 The man who could have looked upon the serio-comical face of Sam Botter without laughing, might with propriety be hired out as a mourner. 1938 Parnassus 10 12/2 They were serio-comical studies..of Parisian types, customs and manners. 2004 H. Mancing Cervantes Encycl. I. 54/2 Novelistic discourse existed in ancient and medieval times, especially in such ‘serio-comical’ genres as the Socratic dialogue. Derivatives ˌserio-ˈcomically adv. ΚΠ 1811 Monthly Mag. May 463/1 Fielding serio-comically endeavours to prove..that a man does not write the worse on a subject for understanding a little about it. 1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 11 Her hair..was tumbled serio-comically about her forehead. 1979 M. A. Screech Rabelais 137 The humour soon becomes more serio-comically up-to-date. 2007 New Yorker 30 Apr. 21/1 Spoken and sung sections treat insecurities seriocomically and sometimes scatologically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1708
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