Trag·i-com·e·dy n. A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
The noble tragi-comedy of =\“Measure for Measure.”\= --Macaulay.
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tragicomedy
n 1: a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy
and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
2: a comedy with serious elements or overtones [syn: seriocomedy]