TRAGI-COMICAL
TRAGI-COM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of a mixture of grave and comic scenes.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TRAGI-COMICALLY
TRAGI-COM'ICALLY, adverb In a tragicomical manner.
TRAGIC
TRAGICTRAG'ICAL, adjective [Latin tragicus.]1. Pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as a tragic poem; tragic play or representation.2. Fatal to life; mo...
TRAGICAL
TRAG'ICAL, a. [L. tragicus.]1. Pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as a tragic poem; tragic play or representation.2. Fatal to life; mournful; sorrowfu...
TRAGICALLY
TRAG'ICALLY, adverb In a tragical manner; with fatal issue; mournfully; sorrowfully. The play ends tragically
TRAGICALNESS
TRAG'ICALNESS, noun Fatality; mournfulness; sadness.We moralize the fable in the tragicalness of the event.
TRAIL
TRAIL, verb transitive [Latin traho.]1. To hunt by the track. [See the Norman, supra.]2. To draw along the ground. trail your pikes.And hung his head, and trail'd his legs along...
TRAILED
TRAILED, participle passive Hunted by the tracks; laid flat; drawn along on the ground; brought to a lower position; as trailed arms.
TRAILING
TRA'ILING, participle present tense Hunting by the track; drawing on the ground; trading down; laying flat; bringing to a lower position; drawing out in length.Since men of foot...
TRAIN
TRAIN, verb transitive [Latin traho, to draw?]1. To draw along.In hollow cube he train'dHis devilish enginery.2. Top draw; to entice; to allure.If but twelve FrenchWere there in...
TRAIN-BAND
TRA'IN-BAND, noun [train and band.] A band or company of militia. Train-bands, in the plural, militia; so called because trained to military exercises.
TRAIN-BEARER
TRA'IN-BEARER, noun [train and bearer.] One who holds up a train.
TRAIN-OIL
TRA'IN-OIL, noun [train and oil.] The oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales by boiling.
TRAIN-ROAD
TRA'IN-ROAD, noun [train and road.] In mines, a slight rail-way for small wagons.
TRAINABLE
TRA'INABLE, adjective That may be trained. [Little used.]
TRAINED
TRA'INED, participle passive Drawn; allured; educated; formed by instruction.
TRAINING
TRA'INING, participle present tense Drawing; alluring; educating; teaching and forming by practice.TRA'INING, noun The act or process of drawing or educating; education. In gard...
TRAINY
TRA'INY, adjective Belonging to train-oil. [Not in use.]
TRAIPSE
TRAIPSE, verb intransitive To walk sluttishly or carelessly. [A low word.]
TRAIT
TRAIT, noun [Latin tractus. See Tract and Treat.]1. A stroke; a touch.By this single trait Homer makes an essentialdifference between the Iliad and Odyssey.2. A line; a feature;...
TRAITOR
TRA'ITOR, noun [Latin traditor; trado, to deliver.]1. One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his c...
TRAITORLY
TRA'ITORLY, adjective Treacherous. [Not in use.]
TRAITOROUS
TRA'ITOROUS, adjective Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as a traitorous officer or subject.1. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach ...
TRAITOROUSLY
TRA'ITOROUSLY, adverb In violation of allegiance and trust; treacherously; perfidiously.They had traitorously endeavored to subvert the fundamental laws.
TRAITOROUSNESS
TRA'ITOROUSNESS, noun Treachery; the quality of being treasonable.
TRAITRESS
TRA'ITRESS, noun A female who betrays her country or her trust.
TRAJECT
TRAJECT', verb transitive [Latin trajectus, trajicio; trans and jacio, to throw.]To throw or cast through; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms.TRAJ...