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单词 tragedist
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tragedistn.

Brit. /ˈtradʒᵻdɪst/, U.S. /ˈtrædʒədəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tragedy n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < tragedy n. + -ist suffix. Compare French †tragédiste actor who performs in tragedies (mid 18th cent.), writer of tragedies (1775). Compare comedist n., and also earlier tragedian n.
= tragedian n. 1.
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tragedian?c1400
tragedya1464
tragedy writer1552
tragic1594
tragedist1802
tragedianess1822
1802 tr. L. S. Mercier Paris Delineated II. cxvii. 8 He [sc. the son of Crebillon] was shaped like a poplar, tall and slender, and formed a striking contrast with the robust frame and open chest of the tragedist.
1823 G. Darley in London Mag. Dec. 647/2 The os magna sonans..is the first great qualification for a tragedist, and this qualification the Author of the Bride's Tragedy most undeniably possesses.
1870 Educ. Times June 60/1 He has chosen Euripides for translation as being that one of the three Tragedists most likely to interest English readers.
1910 C. Hamilton Theory of Theatre vii. 129 The melodramatist exhibits merely what may happen; the tragedist exhibits what must happen.
2010 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 18 Nov. d4 The greatest Greek tragedists couldn't have invented the tale of New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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