Category:Tragi-comedy

Trag`i-com"e*dy, n. Etym: [cf. F. tragicomédie, l. tragicocomoedia. See tragic, and comedy.]

Defn: 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.