'Tragi-comic' definitions:
Definition of 'Tragi-comic'
From: GCIDE
- Tragi-comic \Trag`i-com"ic\, Tragi-comical \Trag`i-com"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.] Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- {Trag`-com"ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]