seriocomic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies.
noun
A seriocomic performer; especially, a female variety performer working in seriocomic acting and singing.
Example Sentences
- "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a seriocomic romp through the summer of a group of teenagers."
- "He addresses the audience directly and confidentially in an extraordinary 124-line adoxograph which is part social satire and part seriocomic plea for our commitment to his suzerainty […]."
- "One day, when Philip had been at the shop for five months, Miss Alice Antonia, the well-known seriocomic, came in and asked to see Mr Sampson."
Inflected Forms
more seriocomic (comparative)
most seriocomic (superlative)
seriocomics (plural)