Definitions for tragicomedies

tragicomedies trag·i·com·e·dy

Spelling: [traj-i-kom-i-dee]
IPA: /ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪ di/

Tragicomedies is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 2458 anagrams from letters in tragicomedies (acdeegiimorst).

Definitions for tragicomedies

noun

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

Origin of tragicomedies

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

Examples for tragicomedies

In tragedy it plays a fitful part, but in tragicomedy it conquers the theatres.

The Humorous Lieutenant is of that kind,—it is called a tragicomedy by some.

How far Byron was in earnest in this tragicomedy is more difficult to determine.

Hortensia leant forward, an eager spectator, watching the three actors in this tragicomedy.

Women survive the tragicomedy only by dint of their great capacity for play-acting.

All the participants in this tragicomedy are now going through the motions.

The tragicomedy of U.S. politics is that we really do get the government we deserve.

Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy.

The distinctions between tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and romantic comedy often become barely discernible.

For a time it is mainly confined to romantic comedy, but it soon enters into tragedy and tragicomedy.

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