TRAGIC

tragic. Tragic, a. pertaining to tragedy

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{ Trag″ic (?), Trag″ic‐al (?), } a. [[L. tragicus, Gr.�: cf. F. tragique.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
2. 2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. 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.