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comic

[ kom-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by comedy:

    comic opera.

  2. of or relating to a person who acts in or writes comedy:

    a comic actor; a comic dramatist.

  3. of, relating to, or characteristic of comedy:

    comic situations; a comic sense.

  4. provoking laughter; humorous; funny; laughable.


noun

  1. a comedian.
  2. comics, comic strips.
  3. the comic, the element or quality of comedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:

    An appreciation of the comic came naturally to her.

comic

/ ˈkɒmɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, characterized by, or characteristic of comedy
  2. prenominal acting in, writing, or composing comedy

    a comic writer

  3. humorous; funny
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person who is comic, esp a comic actor; comedian
  2. a book or magazine containing comic strips
  3. usually plural comic strips in newspapers, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comic1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cōmicus < Greek kōmikós, equivalent to kôm ( os ) a revel + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comic1

C16: from Latin cōmicus, from Greek kōmikos relating to comedy
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Example Sentences

I am collaborating with others to write and art a comic book through which I want to talk to everyone about women’s struggle, and especially focus on menstruation.

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He, Gardiner and Montgomery are not alone in seeing a place for science in the comic universe.

It’s not always easy to translate a complex science topic into a comic.

The three were not alone in seeing a place for science in the comic universe.

This gave credence to what’s known as the Bechdel Test, which was inspired by a comic strip drawn by graphic novelist Alison Bechdel.

From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.

Spencer, 27,  is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.

Same goes for the comic book character “Captain America,” which Marvel announced in July would be now be portrayed as a black man.

And, every election, we have our quasi-comic-relief candidates, your Al Haigs and Gary Bauers and Bill Richardsons.

In one painting, framed as a split-panel comic between the two, Ramone simply asks Vicious, “Did you kill her?”

A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.

It is curious to note children's first manifestations of a sense of the pathetic and the comic as represented in art.

Perhaps our comic papers have never heard of the Improvement Clubs, or find nothing in them that is humorous.

The fight seems quite funny to me now but, at the time, serio-comic would have better described my impressions.

The sight of them not only fills me with ennui, but I have no intention of presenting your comic papers with material.

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