comico-tragical
English
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editcomico-tragical (not comparable)
- (archaic) Combining comedy and tragedy; tragicomic. [late 16th C]
References
edit- Valerie Adams (2014) Complex Words in English[1], page 144
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comico-tragical (not comparable)