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Tragic

TRAGIC 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; sorrowful; calamitous; as the t...

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TRAGIC

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; sorrowful; calamitous; as the tragic scenes of Hayti the tragic horrors of Scio and Missilonghi; the tragical fate of the Greeks.

3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy,the loss of life, or of sorrow.

I now must change those notes to tragic.

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