Category:Tragic

Trag"ic, trag"ic*al, a. Etym: [l. tragicus, gr.tragique.]

1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of Tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic Scenes of the french revolution.

3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. Why look you still so stern and tragical shak. -- trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- trag"ic*al*ness, n.

Tragic Trag"ic, n.

1. A writer of tragedy. [obs.]

2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [obs.]