Trag"ic (?), Trag"ic*al (?), a. [L. tragicus, Gr.: cf. F. 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.
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Trag"ic (?), n.
1.
A writer of tragedy.
[Obs.]
2.
A tragedy; a tragic drama.
[Obs.]
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