tragicoseadj.
/ˈtradʒᵻkəʊs/, /ˈtradʒᵻkəʊz/, U.S. /ˈtrædʒəˌkoʊs/, /ˈtrædʒəˌkoʊz/ rare.
Imitating the style of tragic verse.
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1901 R. A. Neil in Aristophanes Knights 12/1 The rhythm is tragicose for the first three lines.
1946 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Soc. 77 180 This tragicose line prepares for the tragic expressions in the next verse.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1901- to be no chicken
- to be no fool
- to be no great shakes
- to be no great some considerable shakes
- to be no great some etc shakes
- to be no great some great shakes
- to be no mastery
- to be no more use than a headache
- to be no more use than a sick headache
- to be no newings
- to be no oil painting
- to be no respecter of persons
- to be no small drink
- to be no spring chicken
- to be no starter
- to be no stranger
- to be no substitute for
- to be no way but one
- to be no worse than one's word
- to be nobody's business
- to be nobody's enemy but one's own
- to be none of a person's business
- to be not as green as one is cabbage-looking
- to be not as green as one is cabbagelooking
- to be not doing for one's health