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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comic \Com"ic\, a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr ?: cf F. comique See {Comedy}.] 1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. --B. Jonson 2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. ``Comic shows.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comic \Com"ic\, n. A comedian. [Obs.] --Steele. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: comic adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comical}, {funny}, {laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}] 2: (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero" n 1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts [syn: {comedian}] 2: a magazine devoted to comic strips [syn: {comic book}]
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