comic
/ˈkɑmɪk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
adj
Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
adj
adj
Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
noun
A comedian.
Example Sentences
- "comic genius"
- "a comic stereotype"
- "There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]"
- "As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […], I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it."
- "She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30."
Etymology
From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: comicus, κωμικός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑmɪk/
- British English: /ˈkɒmɪk/
Usage
- British usage