Träg'i-cōm'e-dy, n.

n. [Fr. tragicomédie, It. & Sp. tragicomedia, Lat. tragicocomœdia. See TRAGIC and COMEDY.] A kind of dramatic piece representing some action passed among eminent persons, the event of which is not unhappy, in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.