tragic
English
Alternative forms
- tragick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ædʒɪk
Adjective
tragic (comparative more tragic, superlative most tragic)
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 164:
- Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
- (in tabloid newspapers) Having been the victim of a tragedy.
- (informal, chiefly predicative) Cringeworthy; tryhard; unhip; embarrassing; hopeless; indicative of (or having) a chronic lack of self-awareness.
- That dress is tragic.
- He's pretty tragic these days, hanging out with people half his age.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
causing great sadness
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relating to tragedy
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Noun
tragic (plural tragics)
- (Australia, colloquial) An obsessive fan, a superfan
- 2011 March 31, James Macsmith, “General Russell Crowe and his Rabbitoh minions”, in Travel, CNN:
- Within the club itself, Crowe is regarded not only as a benefactor but as a fanatic -- a Rabbitohs tragic.
- 2013 March 13. Ricky Stuart, quoted in "Doping scandal is overwhelming league: Stuart":
- I'm a fan of rugby league. I'm a tragic of rugby league.
- 2013 August 28, Kent Steedman, “The Knowledge: Rifled In”, in The Guardian:
- Damian was/is a football tragic, the rest of us just like it to varying degrees.
- 2015 March 29. Jermaine, Wharf Hotel website WE DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL - WE LOVE IT!
- Footy's back and as I'm a footy tragic it means I'm one very happy man.
- (obsolete) A writer of tragedy.
- (obsolete) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tragic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Romanian
Adjective
tragic m or n (feminine singular tragică, masculine plural tragici, feminine and neuter plural tragice)
Declension
Declension of tragic
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