— tragicomic /traj'i kom"ik/ , tragicomical , adj. — tragicomically , adv.
/traj'i kom"i dee/ , n. , pl. tragicomedies .
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.
[ 1570-80; tragicomoedia, syncopated var. of L tragicocomoedia. See TRAGIC, -O-, COMEDY ]