tragicomical

trag·i·com·e·dy

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [traj-i-kom-i-dee]
- /ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪ di/
- /ˈtræ.dʒɪˈk.ɒ.mɪkəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [traj-i-kom-i-dee]
- /ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪ di/

Definitions of tragicomical word

noun plural tragicomical a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy. 1
noun plural tragicomical an incident, or series of incidents, of mixed tragic and comic character. 1

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Origin of tragicomical

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

1570-80; < Late Latin tragicōmoedia, syncopated variant of Latin tragicocōmoedia. See tragic, -o-, comedy

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Parts of speech for Tragicomical

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tragicomical

tragicomical popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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