tragicomicaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmək(ə)l/

Forms: see tragi- comb. form and comical adj. and n.

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

Etymology: < tragi- comb. form + comical adj. Compare later tragicomic adj. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

= tragicomic adj. Also as n.

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

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. xiii. sig. Kkviii A tragicomiqual reaport [Fr. I'en face la fin auec vne tragicomedie].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F2^v Some Poesies haue coupled together two or three kindes, as Tragicall and Comicall, wher-vpon is risen, the Tragi-comicall.

1627 (title) A Tragi-Comicall History of ovr Times, vnder the borrowed names of Lisander and Calista.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Leic. 129 His tragicomical life, had a peaceable end.

1748 in T. Blackwell Lett. conc. Mythol. iii. 14 This one, say you, has a comic, that a tragic, t'other a tragicomical Look.

1785 W. Hayley Philos., Hist., & Moral Ess. Old Maids II. iv. vi. 248 Domestic life must have been frequently embittered by tragi-comical contention.

1814 Polyanthos Mar. 318 He could not sleep after his tragi-comical adventure.

1878 H. James Europeans i It [sc. a drawing] was extremely clever, and full of a sort of tragicomical power.

1929 Man 29 164/1 The hen-pecked, mischievous, tragi-comical hero of this delightful cycle of Zande legends.

1987 J. L. Levenson Romeo & Juliet ii. 18 A new format supplanted both the tragical and the tragicomical, and it introduced a significant trend in productions of Romeo and Juliet.

1998 M. Delville Amer. Prose Poem 17 Simic's prose poems share some of the defining features of the fabulist prose poem (including a taste for black humor and tragicomical absurdities).

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

单词	tragicomical
释义	tragicomicaladj.n. Brit. /ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmək(ə)l/ Forms: see tragi- comb. form and comical adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tragi- comb. form, comical adj. Etymology: < tragi- comb. form + comical adj. Compare later tragicomic adj. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. = tragicomic adj. Also as n. 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 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. xiii. sig. Kkviii A tragicomiqual reaport [Fr. I'en face la fin auec vne tragicomedie]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F2^v Some Poesies haue coupled together two or three kindes, as Tragicall and Comicall, wher-vpon is risen, the Tragi-comicall. 1627 (title) A Tragi-Comicall History of ovr Times, vnder the borrowed names of Lisander and Calista. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Leic. 129 His tragicomical life, had a peaceable end. 1748 in T. Blackwell Lett. conc. Mythol. iii. 14 This one, say you, has a comic, that a tragic, t'other a tragicomical Look. 1785 W. Hayley Philos., Hist., & Moral Ess. Old Maids II. iv. vi. 248 Domestic life must have been frequently embittered by tragi-comical contention. 1814 Polyanthos Mar. 318 He could not sleep after his tragi-comical adventure. 1878 H. James Europeans i It [sc. a drawing] was extremely clever, and full of a sort of tragicomical power. 1929 Man 29 164/1 The hen-pecked, mischievous, tragi-comical hero of this delightful cycle of Zande legends. 1987 J. L. Levenson Romeo & Juliet ii. 18 A new format supplanted both the tragical and the tragicomical, and it introduced a significant trend in productions of Romeo and Juliet. 1998 M. Delville Amer. Prose Poem 17 Simic's prose poems share some of the defining features of the fabulist prose poem (including a taste for black humor and tragicomical absurdities). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1567
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