tragicomedyn.

Brit.

/ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmᵻdi/, U.S.

/ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmədi/

Forms: 1500s tragicomoedi, 1500s tragycomedie, 1600s tragaecomaedie, 1600s tragaecomedie, 1600s tragaecomedy, 1600s tragecomedie, 1600s tragecomedy, 1600s tragecomoedie, 1600s tragicomaedie, 1600s tragicomedie, 1600s tragicommedie, 1600s– tragicomedy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Spanish. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Latin tragicomoedia; French tragicomedie; Spanish tragicomedia; Italian tragicommedia.

Etymology: Ultimately < post-classical Latin tragicomoedia (1501 or earlier), syncopated form of classical Latin tragico-cōmoedia (Plautus; < tragicus tragic adj. + cōmoedia comedy n.¹), perhaps via one or more of Middle French tragicomedie (French tragicomédie) tragicomic work (1527), event, etc. having both tragic and comic elements (c1584), Spanish tragicomedia (a1502), Italian tragicommedia (c1543 as †tragicomedia). Compare Portuguese tragicomédia (1622).

1. A play or (in later use) other literary or dramatic work which combines the qualities of a tragedy and a comedy, or contains both tragic and comic elements; (sometimes) spec. a work which is mainly tragic in character but has a happy ending. Also: such works as a genre; the style or form typical of such works. In early use frequently depreciative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a tragi-comedy

tragicomedya1586

tragico-comedy1603

tragic-comedy1631

comi-tragedy1864

tragi-comedietta1864

comico-tragedy1880

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K2 The right sportfulnes, is [not] by..mungrell Tragy-comedie obtained.

1629 tr. H. Estienne in Herodian Hist. Twenty Rom. Cæsars Approb. sig. a3^v He [sc. Herodian] represents..the Emperours of that Age, and their Courts; with their Comedies, Tragedies, and Tragicomedies.

1640 T. Killigrew (title) The Prisoners. A Tragæ-Comedy.

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 18 There is no Theatre in the world has any thing so absurd as the English Tragi-comedie, 'tis a Drama of our own invention, and the fashion of it is enough to proclaim it so; here a course of mirth, there another of sadness and passion; a third of honour, and fourth a Duel.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 7 When tragedy took a graver turn, something of the former drollery was still retained, as in that which we call tragi-comedy.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. vi. 424 It is one of the worst [dramas] that Handel ever set to Music: for besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragi-comedy and buffoonery in it.

1818 J. Northcote Life Sir J. Reynolds (ed. 2) I. 289 Sir Joshua thought that species of the drama, called tragi-comedy, was natural, because similar to the combinations of events, which are frequently met with in real life.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 636 Shakspeare had borrowed from Whetstone the plot of the noble tragicomedy of Measure for Measure.

1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 335 Ravenscroft first introduces Durzo, as comic relief, in his tragi-comedy, King Edgar and Alfreda.

1954 S. Beckett Waiting for Godot (subtitle) A tragicomedy in two acts.

1985 Washington Post 4 Apr. (Bk. World) 9/1 It must be admitted that the deaths of seven sweet boys and girls may strike some..as an unpromising subject for a comic novel. Well, to begin with,..Elkin's mode is tragicomedy.

2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 16 Oct. pm 3 In the Coen brothers' latest tragicomedy, everything goes wrong, and this is precisely what makes the movie feel so right.

2. An event, series of events, or situation having both tragic and comic elements.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical > combination of comical and tragic

tragico-comedy1603

tragicomedy1603

tragicomicality1830

tragi-farce1893

1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) 746 His acts..may plainely shew, that all that was but a tragicomedy ceremoniously ended.

1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 73 Euerie one commeth there to act his part of this Tragicomedie called Life.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 36. ⁋5 What heightened the Tragi-Comedy of this Market for Annuities.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. iv. 22 Such affairs as these have ever been looked upon as the little under-plots in the tragi-comedy of the world.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Calderon i. 3 The Tragi-Comedy of Court Intrigue.

1867 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 618 We hope he was a sincere penitent, but men of his complexion are apt to be pleased with such a tragi-comedy of self-abasement.

1942 Life 23 Mar. 36/2 The highlight of a Dodger game was the tragicomedy of ‘Babe’ Herman stealing third with that base already occupied.

2003 Afr. News (Nexis) 1 Aug. How has this absurd situation—the latest in the continuing tragicomedy surrounding Aids treatment—arisen?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tragicomedy
释义	tragicomedyn. Brit. /ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmᵻdi/, U.S. /ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmədi/ Forms: 1500s tragicomoedi, 1500s tragycomedie, 1600s tragaecomaedie, 1600s tragaecomedie, 1600s tragaecomedy, 1600s tragecomedie, 1600s tragecomedy, 1600s tragecomoedie, 1600s tragicomaedie, 1600s tragicomedie, 1600s tragicommedie, 1600s– tragicomedy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Spanish. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Latin tragicomoedia; French tragicomedie; Spanish tragicomedia; Italian tragicommedia. Etymology: Ultimately < post-classical Latin tragicomoedia (1501 or earlier), syncopated form of classical Latin tragico-cōmoedia (Plautus; < tragicus tragic adj. + cōmoedia comedy n.¹), perhaps via one or more of Middle French tragicomedie (French tragicomédie) tragicomic work (1527), event, etc. having both tragic and comic elements (c1584), Spanish tragicomedia (a1502), Italian tragicommedia (c1543 as †tragicomedia). Compare Portuguese tragicomédia (1622). 1. A play or (in later use) other literary or dramatic work which combines the qualities of a tragedy and a comedy, or contains both tragic and comic elements; (sometimes) spec. a work which is mainly tragic in character but has a happy ending. Also: such works as a genre; the style or form typical of such works. In early use frequently depreciative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a tragi-comedy tragicomedya1586 tragico-comedy1603 tragic-comedy1631 comi-tragedy1864 tragi-comedietta1864 comico-tragedy1880 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K2 The right sportfulnes, is [not] by..mungrell Tragy-comedie obtained. 1629 tr. H. Estienne in Herodian Hist. Twenty Rom. Cæsars Approb. sig. a3^v He [sc. Herodian] represents..the Emperours of that Age, and their Courts; with their Comedies, Tragedies, and Tragicomedies. 1640 T. Killigrew (title) The Prisoners. A Tragæ-Comedy. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 18 There is no Theatre in the world has any thing so absurd as the English Tragi-comedie, 'tis a Drama of our own invention, and the fashion of it is enough to proclaim it so; here a course of mirth, there another of sadness and passion; a third of honour, and fourth a Duel. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 7 When tragedy took a graver turn, something of the former drollery was still retained, as in that which we call tragi-comedy. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. vi. 424 It is one of the worst [dramas] that Handel ever set to Music: for besides feeble writing, there is a mixture of tragi-comedy and buffoonery in it. 1818 J. Northcote Life Sir J. Reynolds (ed. 2) I. 289 Sir Joshua thought that species of the drama, called tragi-comedy, was natural, because similar to the combinations of events, which are frequently met with in real life. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 636 Shakspeare had borrowed from Whetstone the plot of the noble tragicomedy of Measure for Measure. 1934 Mod. Lang. Notes 49 335 Ravenscroft first introduces Durzo, as comic relief, in his tragi-comedy, King Edgar and Alfreda. 1954 S. Beckett Waiting for Godot (subtitle) A tragicomedy in two acts. 1985 Washington Post 4 Apr. (Bk. World) 9/1 It must be admitted that the deaths of seven sweet boys and girls may strike some..as an unpromising subject for a comic novel. Well, to begin with,..Elkin's mode is tragicomedy. 2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 16 Oct. pm 3 In the Coen brothers' latest tragicomedy, everything goes wrong, and this is precisely what makes the movie feel so right. 2. An event, series of events, or situation having both tragic and comic elements. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical > combination of comical and tragic tragico-comedy1603 tragicomedy1603 tragicomicality1830 tragi-farce1893 1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) 746 His acts..may plainely shew, that all that was but a tragicomedy ceremoniously ended. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 73 Euerie one commeth there to act his part of this Tragicomedie called Life. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 36. ⁋5 What heightened the Tragi-Comedy of this Market for Annuities. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. iv. 22 Such affairs as these have ever been looked upon as the little under-plots in the tragi-comedy of the world. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Calderon i. 3 The Tragi-Comedy of Court Intrigue. 1867 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 618 We hope he was a sincere penitent, but men of his complexion are apt to be pleased with such a tragi-comedy of self-abasement. 1942 Life 23 Mar. 36/2 The highlight of a Dodger game was the tragicomedy of ‘Babe’ Herman stealing third with that base already occupied. 2003 Afr. News (Nexis) 1 Aug. How has this absurd situation—the latest in the continuing tragicomedy surrounding Aids treatment—arisen? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1586
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