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Webster 1913 Edition
Tragical
{
Trag′ic
,Trag′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
tragicus
, Gr.[GREEK]: cf. F. tragique
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy;
as, a
. tragic
poem; a tragic
play or representation2.
Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous;
as, the
. tragic
scenes of the French revolution3.
Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and
– tragical
? Shakespeare
Trag′ic-al-ly
, adv.
Trag′ic-al-ness
, Noun.