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tragi-comic
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tragi-comic, a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.].
Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. [1913 Webster]
"Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy." [1913 Webster]
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