TRAGEDY, TRAGIC
ADJECTIVES
► COTHURNAL of tragedy, tragic → 1602
► MELPOMENISH ► MELPOMONISH tragic, of a tragic demeanour → 1801 literary usage
► POLYTRAGIC containing many tragedies → 1607 obs.
► THESPIAN pert. to tragedy, or the dramatic art; tragic, dramatic → 1675
► TRAGEDIAC that is a tragedy; of the nature of tragedy in drama or literature → 1782
► TRAGEDIAL tragic → 1529 obs.
► TRAGEDICAL tragic → 1548
► TRAGEDIOUS tragic; full of tragedy; calamitous → 1494 obs.
► TRAGICAL tragic → 1525
ADVERBS
► TRAGEDIOUSLY tragically → 1606
NOUNS
► PARATRAGOEDIA parody of the tragic style or genre; mock-tragedy → 1891 literary usage
► TRAGEDIETTA a short tragedy; a dramatic sketch bout a tragic character or situation → 1836
► TRAGEDIZING the performance of actions in a tragic manner → 1599 obs.
► TRAGICNESS tragic nature, quality, or style → 1663
NOUNS – PERSON
► TRAGEDIENNE an actress who performs in a tragedy, especially one who specializes in tragic roles → 1841
VERBS
► PARATRAGEDIATE to speak or write in mock-tragic style; to use bombastic language → 1656 obs.
► TRAGEDIZE 1. to treat or dramatize in tragic form → 1593
2. to subject a person to a tragic fate → 1623 obs.
► TRAGICIZE to speak or write in a grandiloquent tragic style → 1840 obs.