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comic
- /ˈkɒmɪk/ UK
- /ˈkɑmɪk/ US
Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪk, (General American) -ɑmɪk
Where it comes from
From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).
adjective more comic · most comic
- Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. comic genius
- 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 […]
- 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.
- Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
noun comics
- A comedian. She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.
- A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
- A children's magazine.
