/kom"ik/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by comedy: comic opera.
2. of or pertaining to a person who acts in or writes comedy: a comic actor; a comic dramatist.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of comedy: comic situations; a comic sense.
4. provoking laughter; humorous; funny; laughable.
n.
5. a comedian.
6. See comic book .
7. comics , comic strips.
8. the comic , the element or quality of comedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: An appreciation of the comic came naturally to her.
[ 1350-1400; ME comicus komikós, equiv. to kôm ( os ) a revel + -ikos -IC ]