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comic

[kom-ik]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by comedy.

    comic opera.

  2. of or relating to a person who acts in or writes comedy.

    a comic actor; a comic dramatist.

  3. of, relating to, or characteristic of comedy.

    comic situations; a comic sense.

  4. provoking laughter; humorous; funny; laughable.



noun

  1. a comedian.

  2. comic book.

  3. comics, comic strips.

  4. the comic, the element or quality of comedy in literature, art, drama, etc..

    An appreciation of the comic came naturally to her.

comic

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, characterized by, or characteristic of comedy

  2. (prenominal) acting in, writing, or composing comedy

    a comic writer

  3. humorous; funny

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who is comic, esp a comic actor; comedian

  2. a book or magazine containing comic strips

  3. (usually plural) comic strips in newspapers, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • noncomic adjective
  • quasi-comic adjective
  • semicomic adjective
  • uncomic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of comic1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ōܲ < Greek ōó, equivalent to ô ( os ) a revel + -ikos -ic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of comic1

C16: from Latin ōܲ, from Greek ōDz relating to comedy
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Born in Chicago and raised in Aurora, Ill., Flores was intrinsically comical, deeply convinced that he was funnier than any of the booked comics he witnessed on stage.

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These nimble performers gamely rise to the occasion, but the comic adrenaline at this point has a numbing effect.

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It’s not like I do close reads on Marvel comics, but even the die-hard comic fans that I know had never heard of Agatha Harkness.

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A celebrated stand-up comic, James hosted the WGA Awards the year before.

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The next episode we started writing toward those tweaks, finding the comic pauses she played up, never aiming straight toward a punchline, giving her an offbeat line or two, letting Carrie find the comedy.

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