/ˈkɒmɪk/, /ˈkɑmɪk/
OriginFrom Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).
- Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
“comic genius”
“a comic stereotype”
- Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
“There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]”
- Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
“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.”
- Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
- A comedian.
“She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.”
- A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
- BritishA children's magazine.
Formsmore comic(comparative) · most comic(superlative) · comics(plural)