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com•ic



Pronunciation: (kom'ik), [key]
—adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by comedy: comic opera.
2. of or pertaining to a person who acts in or writes comedy: a comic actor; a comic dramatist.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of comedy: comic situations; a comic sense.
4. provoking laughter; humorous; funny; laughable.

—n.
1. a comedian.
2. See comic book.
3. comics,comic strips.
4. the comic,the element or quality of comedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: An appreciation of the comic came naturally to her.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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