TRAGICOMEDY


Meaning of TRAGICOMEDY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtra-ji-ˈkä-mə-dē ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French tragicomedie, from Old Italian tragicomedia, from Old Spanish, from Latin tragicomoedia, from tragicus + comoedia comedy

Date: circa 1580

: a drama or a situation blending tragic and comic elements

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.