comic

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪk/

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪk, (General American) -ɑmɪk

comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)

1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. [from 16th c.]

   comic genius

   a comic stereotype

2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]
   • 1954, Canadian Saturday Night: A Magazine of Business & National Affairs:

     There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]

3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous. [from 17th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 262:

     As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […] , I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it.

• See also Thesaurus:funny
• (comedy): comedic, comical

comic (plural comics)

2. A comedian.

   She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

4. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
5. (British) A children's magazine.

Borrowed from French comique, from Latin comicus.

comic m or n (feminine singular comică, masculine plural comici, feminine and neuter plural comice)

1. comical

comic m (plural comics)

1. misspelling of cómic