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Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

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  1. a. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
  2. a. Causing mirth; ludicrous.
  3. n. A comedian.
  4. adj. arousing or provoking laughter
  5. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
  6. n. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
  7. 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. A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.
  8. A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.
  9. j:61/n:39 a. of or relating to or characteristic of comedy