comic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒmɪk/
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/ˈkɒmɪk/ · /ˈkɑmɪk/

Definition of comic

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
    “comic genius”
    “a comic stereotype”
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adj

  1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
    “comic genius”
    “a comic stereotype”
  2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
    “There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]”
  3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
    “As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […], I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it.”
  4. Of or relating to comics or sequential art.

noun

  1. A comedian.
    “She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.”
  2. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
  3. (British)A children's magazine.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

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