Sekirov Dictionary

comic

UK /ˈkɒmɪk/US /ˈkɑmɪk/

noun 3
adjective 4
forms 3

noun3

a story told through a series of drawings, with the words written near the pictures
(UK) A children's magazine.
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A comedian.
- She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

adjective4

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Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
- There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […] — 1954
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Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
- As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […], I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it. — 1792
Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.

forms

comics · more comic · most comic

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