Trag"ic (?), n. 1. A
writer of tragedy. [Obs.]
2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
{ Trag"ic (?), Trag"ic*al (?), } a.
[L. tragicus, Gr.?: cf. F. tragique.] 1.
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy;
as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous;
as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of
life, or of sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and tragical
?
Shak.
-- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Trag"ic*al*ness, n.