Dictionary entry

Comic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com″ic (?), a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. �: cf. F. comique. See Comedy.] 1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

I can not for the stage a drama lay,

Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play.

B. Jonson.

2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. “Comic shows.” Shak.