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tragic |
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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