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ˌserio-ˈcomic, a. (n.)
[f. serio- + comic a.]
a. Partly serious and partly comic; (of an actor, vocalist, etc. or his performance) presenting a comic plot, situation, etc. under a serious form.
1783Colman Prose Sev. Occas. (1787) III. 147, I was almost confounded in the serio-comick scenes of the Satyrick Piece. 1787G. Keate (title) The Distressed Poet, a serio-comic poem. 1826F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 321 Lewis, by a striking display of serio-comic talent,..proved, that..he could excite tears as abundantly as smiles. 1858H. Morley Jrnl. Lond. Playgoer (1866) 227 The production at the Olympic of a ‘new serio-comic drama’. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon ii, ‘Good Heavens!’ interrupts Fred, regarding him with serio-comic horror—‘young did you say?’
b. as n. (also -comique). A serio-comic actor, vocalist, etc.
1895[see male impersonator s.v. male n. 4]. 1907H. Wyndham Flaire of Footlights xxxi, Miss Constance Plantagenet, the Favourite Serio-Comique.
So ˌserio-ˈcomical a.; ˌserio-ˈcomically adv.
1749Smollett Gil Blas vii. viii. (1782) III. 67 My serio-comical reception behind the scenes. 1872Punch 18 May 202/1 The Ministry..were defeated only three times this week—once comically, once seriously, and once serio-comically. 1873B. Harte Fiddletown 11 Her hair..was tumbled serio-comically about her forehead. |