3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tragic \Trag"ic\, n.
1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]
2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus Gr.?:
cf F. tragique.]
1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of
tragedy; as a tragic poem; a tragic play or
representation.
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as the
tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
-- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv -- {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tragic
adj 1: very sad; especially involving grief or death or
destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a
tragic accident" [syn: {tragical}]
2: (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy;
"tragic hero"
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