tragicomicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmɪk/, U.S.

/ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmɪk/

Forms: 1600s tragycomick, 1600s–1700s tragicomick, 1600s– tragicomic.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian tragicomico.

Etymology: Probably < Italian tragicomico, adjective (1593 or earlier) < tragi- tragi- comb. form + comico comic adj. Compare French tragi-comique (1610), Spanish tragicómico (1624). Compare earlier tragicomical adj.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a tragicomedy; characteristic of a tragicomedy; combining tragic and comic elements.

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

1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 139 Thus farre their loves have Tragi-comick been.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 81 The Tragy-Comick Scene of Arsenius the Meletian Bishop.

1709 Tatler No. 68 You have a Tragi-comick Genius.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 11 In viewing this monstrous tragi-comic scene, the most opposite passions..succeed..each other..alternate laughter and tears; alternate scorn and horror.

1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 44 276 A more tragi-comic history could not be imagined.

1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 524 Screaming in ecstasy at the tragicomic termination of their attempt.

1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot ii. 103 I tell you I can't live with her, nor she with me. Do you want to turn my life into a tragi-comic opera?

1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 366 The tragicomic style, maintaining a balance between commitment and detachment, invites a complex response from the reader.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Oct. 30 His Government is being defined by dismal economic progress and sporadic, tragicomic mistakes.

B. n.

The tragicomic genre or style. Also: that which is tragicomic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches

satyric1693

legitimate1826

boulevard theatre1838

satyr drama1839

tragicomic1842

costume drama1847

Sardoodledom1895

slice of life1895

cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898

total theatre1935

epic theatre1938

Theatre of Cruelty1954

music theatre1957

psychodramatics1957

reader's theatre1957

metatheatre1960

Theatre of the Absurd1961

nautanki1962

Theatre of Fact1966

1842 Haileybury Observer 9 Feb. 2 The lively satire—the accurate translation—the burlesque, the tragi-comic, and the mock-heroic—all have found their votaries.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iv. i. 149 This old-fashioned family life on the banks of the Floss, which even sorrow hardly suffices to lift above the level of the tragi-comic.

1980 M. Ossar Anarchism in Dramas E. Toller x. 157 Toller's sense of the tragicomic.

2004 V. A. Foster Name & Nature Tragicomedy i. 25 In Lessing's definition of the tragicomic, contrasting emotions are experienced almost simultaneously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tragicomic
释义	tragicomicadj.n. Brit. /ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmɪk/ Forms: 1600s tragycomick, 1600s–1700s tragicomick, 1600s– tragicomic. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian tragicomico. Etymology: Probably < Italian tragicomico, adjective (1593 or earlier) < tragi- tragi- comb. form + comico comic adj. Compare French tragi-comique (1610), Spanish tragicómico (1624). Compare earlier tragicomical adj. A. adj. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a tragicomedy; characteristic of a tragicomedy; combining tragic and comic elements. 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 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 139 Thus farre their loves have Tragi-comick been. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 81 The Tragy-Comick Scene of Arsenius the Meletian Bishop. 1709 Tatler No. 68 You have a Tragi-comick Genius. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 11 In viewing this monstrous tragi-comic scene, the most opposite passions..succeed..each other..alternate laughter and tears; alternate scorn and horror. View more context for this quotation 1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 44 276 A more tragi-comic history could not be imagined. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 524 Screaming in ecstasy at the tragicomic termination of their attempt. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot ii. 103 I tell you I can't live with her, nor she with me. Do you want to turn my life into a tragi-comic opera? 1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 366 The tragicomic style, maintaining a balance between commitment and detachment, invites a complex response from the reader. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Oct. 30 His Government is being defined by dismal economic progress and sporadic, tragicomic mistakes. B. n. The tragicomic genre or style. Also: that which is tragicomic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches satyric1693 legitimate1826 boulevard theatre1838 satyr drama1839 tragicomic1842 costume drama1847 Sardoodledom1895 slice of life1895 cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898 total theatre1935 epic theatre1938 Theatre of Cruelty1954 music theatre1957 psychodramatics1957 reader's theatre1957 metatheatre1960 Theatre of the Absurd1961 nautanki1962 Theatre of Fact1966 1842 Haileybury Observer 9 Feb. 2 The lively satire—the accurate translation—the burlesque, the tragi-comic, and the mock-heroic—all have found their votaries. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iv. i. 149 This old-fashioned family life on the banks of the Floss, which even sorrow hardly suffices to lift above the level of the tragi-comic. 1980 M. Ossar Anarchism in Dramas E. Toller x. 157 Toller's sense of the tragicomic. 2004 V. A. Foster Name & Nature Tragicomedy i. 25 In Lessing's definition of the tragicomic, contrasting emotions are experienced almost simultaneously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1637
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