serio-comicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪərɪəʊˈkɒmɪk/, U.S.

/ˌsɪrioʊˈkɑmɪk/

Forms: see serio- comb. form and comic n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: serio- comb. form, comic adj.

Etymology: < serio- comb. form + comic adj. Compare Italian serio-comico (1755 or earlier), French sério-comique (see serio-comique adj.), adjectives. Compare earlier serio-comical adj.

A. adj.

Partly serious and partly comic; (of a work, actor, performance, etc.) that mixes the comic and the serious, esp. by presenting a comic plot, situation, etc., in a serious manner, or vice versa. Also in extended use.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > serio-comic

serio-comical1708

serio-comic1739

serio-comique1844

1739 W. Brownsword Laugh & Lye Down (title page) Generously publish'd and Recommended, From the Author's own Experience. In a Poem Serio-Comic.

1783 G. Colman in tr. Horace Art Poetry p. lxi I was almost confounded in the serio-comick scenes of the Satyrick Piece.

1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 321 Lewis, by a striking display of serio-comic talent,..proved, that..he could excite tears as abundantly as smiles.

1858 H. Morley Jrnl. 4 Dec. (1866) 227 The production at the Olympic of a ‘new serio-comic drama’.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon ii. 16 ‘Good Heavens!’ interrupts Fred, regarding him with serio-comic horror—‘young did you say?’

1947 K. A. Porter Let. 5 Nov. (1990) v. 350 These serio-comic so-called witch-hunts are the preliminary skirmishes between Communism and Fascism.

1990 R. Critchfield Among British iv. 238 A serio-comic examination of the limitations of being English.

2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Oct. 41/3 There are three lovers, each trying very hard not to offend the others,..which quickly evolves into a seriocomic folie á trois.

B. n.

1. With the. That which is serio-comic; serio-comic works, performances, etc., considered as a class.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally

decoruma1568

humoura1568

variety1597

strength1608

uniformity1625

barbarity1644

freedom1645

boldness1677

correctness1684

clinquant1711

unity1712

contrast1713

meretriciousness1727

airiness1734

pathos1739

chastity1760

vigour1774

prettyism1789

mannerism1803

serio-comic1805

actuality1812

largeness1824

local colour1829

subjectivitya1834

idealism1841

pastoralism1842

inartisticalitya1849

academicism1852

realism1856

colour contrast1858

crampedness1858

niggling1858

audacity1859

superreality1859

literalism1860

pseudo-classicism1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

chocolate box1865

pseudo-classicality1867

academism1871

actualism1872

academicalism1874

ethos1875

terribilità1877

local colouring1881

neoclassicism1893

mass effect1902

attack1905

verismo1908

kitsch1921

abstraction1923

self-consciousness1932

surreality1936

tension1941

build-up1942

sprezzatura1957

1805 Christian Observer Sept. 543/2 The little work before us can scarcely fail to please; and, as far as it is in the power of the serio-comic, to instruct.

1844 C. Baron-Wilson Our Actresses I. 97 Mr. Brunton possessed a peculiar kind of humour... In this instance it partook of the serio-comic, or melodramatic.

1889 N. West Ancestry, Life, & Times H. H. Sibley 412 Scores of such incidents..could be narrated,..but these are sufficient to show his love of the comic, the serio-comic, and the humorous.

1946 Billboard 23 Mar. 48/4 A taste for the serio-comic.

1998 T. J. Martin Living Words v. 218 To get a handle on the serio-comic and the part it plays in religious discourse, I will turn initially [etc.].

2. As a count noun: a serio-comic performer, esp. a female variety performer who specializes in serio-comic acting and singing. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part

ruffy1502

chorus1561

prologuer1570

prologue1579

turquet1625

woman actor1633

underpart1679

epilogist1716

prologist1716

epiloguizer1748

old man1762

prologuizer1762

buffo1764

extrac1777

jeune premier1817

primo buffo1826

character actor1841

utility man1849

deuteragonist1855

character comedian1857

bit playera1859

utility actor1860

serio-comic1866

juvenile lead1870

serio-comique1870

heavy1880

utility1885

thinker1886

onnagata1889

serio1889

juvenile1890

tritagonist1890

oyama1925

juve1935

1866 Musical Standard 29 Dec. 396/2 The present generation may see the whole tribe of ‘comics’, ‘serio-comics’ (whatever they may be) and ‘delineators’ forced to turn their hands to some useful work.

1896 Today 5 Sept. 135/1 The difference between a comedienne and a serio-comic..is difficult for the unprejudiced observer to see.

1946 S. T. Felstead Stars who made Halls x. 99 All the women who went into variety then were much the same—serio-comics or ballad-singers.

1983 E. Mordden Broadway Babies (1988) iii. 44 Serio-comics were game ingenues, nutty best friends, interested widows, prim teachers... Their songs took them into a wider range than a heroine's usually did.

2010 G. M. Rodger Champagne Charlie & Pretty Jemima xvi. 196 Female seriocomics did not appear in any number in variety until the later 1860s and 1870s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	serio-comic
释义	serio-comicadj.n. Brit. /ˌsɪərɪəʊˈkɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌsɪrioʊˈkɑmɪk/ Forms: see serio- comb. form and comic n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: serio- comb. form, comic adj. Etymology: < serio- comb. form + comic adj. Compare Italian serio-comico (1755 or earlier), French sério-comique (see serio-comique adj.), adjectives. Compare earlier serio-comical adj. A. adj. Partly serious and partly comic; (of a work, actor, performance, etc.) that mixes the comic and the serious, esp. by presenting a comic plot, situation, etc., in a serious manner, or vice versa. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > serio-comic serio-comical1708 serio-comic1739 serio-comique1844 1739 W. Brownsword Laugh & Lye Down (title page) Generously publish'd and Recommended, From the Author's own Experience. In a Poem Serio-Comic. 1783 G. Colman in tr. Horace Art Poetry p. lxi I was almost confounded in the serio-comick scenes of the Satyrick Piece. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 321 Lewis, by a striking display of serio-comic talent,..proved, that..he could excite tears as abundantly as smiles. 1858 H. Morley Jrnl. 4 Dec. (1866) 227 The production at the Olympic of a ‘new serio-comic drama’. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon ii. 16 ‘Good Heavens!’ interrupts Fred, regarding him with serio-comic horror—‘young did you say?’ 1947 K. A. Porter Let. 5 Nov. (1990) v. 350 These serio-comic so-called witch-hunts are the preliminary skirmishes between Communism and Fascism. 1990 R. Critchfield Among British iv. 238 A serio-comic examination of the limitations of being English. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Oct. 41/3 There are three lovers, each trying very hard not to offend the others,..which quickly evolves into a seriocomic folie á trois. B. n. 1. With the. That which is serio-comic; serio-comic works, performances, etc., considered as a class. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally decoruma1568 humoura1568 variety1597 strength1608 uniformity1625 barbarity1644 freedom1645 boldness1677 correctness1684 clinquant1711 unity1712 contrast1713 meretriciousness1727 airiness1734 pathos1739 chastity1760 vigour1774 prettyism1789 mannerism1803 serio-comic1805 actuality1812 largeness1824 local colour1829 subjectivitya1834 idealism1841 pastoralism1842 inartisticalitya1849 academicism1852 realism1856 colour contrast1858 crampedness1858 niggling1858 audacity1859 superreality1859 literalism1860 pseudo-classicism1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 chocolate box1865 pseudo-classicality1867 academism1871 actualism1872 academicalism1874 ethos1875 terribilità1877 local colouring1881 neoclassicism1893 mass effect1902 attack1905 verismo1908 kitsch1921 abstraction1923 self-consciousness1932 surreality1936 tension1941 build-up1942 sprezzatura1957 1805 Christian Observer Sept. 543/2 The little work before us can scarcely fail to please; and, as far as it is in the power of the serio-comic, to instruct. 1844 C. Baron-Wilson Our Actresses I. 97 Mr. Brunton possessed a peculiar kind of humour... In this instance it partook of the serio-comic, or melodramatic. 1889 N. West Ancestry, Life, & Times H. H. Sibley 412 Scores of such incidents..could be narrated,..but these are sufficient to show his love of the comic, the serio-comic, and the humorous. 1946 Billboard 23 Mar. 48/4 A taste for the serio-comic. 1998 T. J. Martin Living Words v. 218 To get a handle on the serio-comic and the part it plays in religious discourse, I will turn initially [etc.]. 2. As a count noun: a serio-comic performer, esp. a female variety performer who specializes in serio-comic acting and singing. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part ruffy1502 chorus1561 prologuer1570 prologue1579 turquet1625 woman actor1633 underpart1679 epilogist1716 prologist1716 epiloguizer1748 old man1762 prologuizer1762 buffo1764 extrac1777 jeune premier1817 primo buffo1826 character actor1841 utility man1849 deuteragonist1855 character comedian1857 bit playera1859 utility actor1860 serio-comic1866 juvenile lead1870 serio-comique1870 heavy1880 utility1885 thinker1886 onnagata1889 serio1889 juvenile1890 tritagonist1890 oyama1925 juve1935 1866 Musical Standard 29 Dec. 396/2 The present generation may see the whole tribe of ‘comics’, ‘serio-comics’ (whatever they may be) and ‘delineators’ forced to turn their hands to some useful work. 1896 Today 5 Sept. 135/1 The difference between a comedienne and a serio-comic..is difficult for the unprejudiced observer to see. 1946 S. T. Felstead Stars who made Halls x. 99 All the women who went into variety then were much the same—serio-comics or ballad-singers. 1983 E. Mordden Broadway Babies (1988) iii. 44 Serio-comics were game ingenues, nutty best friends, interested widows, prim teachers... Their songs took them into a wider range than a heroine's usually did. 2010 G. M. Rodger Champagne Charlie & Pretty Jemima xvi. 196 Female seriocomics did not appear in any number in variety until the later 1860s and 1870s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1739
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