Träg'i-cōm'ie or Träg'i-cōm'ie-al, a.

a. [Fr. tragicomique, It. & Sp. tragicomico.] Of, or pertaining to, tragicomedy; partaking of a mixture of grave and comic scenes.

Julian felt toward him that tragic-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. W. Scott.