tragicomedy

• comicotragedy, comitragedy

Borrowed from Middle French tragicomédie (whence French tragicomédie), itself borrowed from Italian tragicommedia, from Latin tragicōmoedia, tragicocōmoedia. By surface analysis, tragic +‎ comedy, with haplology.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmədi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmədi/

tragicomedy (countable and uncountable, plural tragicomedies)

1. (uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
2. (countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

• dramedy
• seriocomic

• comitragedy