comic

UK /ˈkɒmɪk/ US /ˈkɑmɪk/
adj 4noun 3

Definitions

adj

1

Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.

comic genius

a comic stereotype

2

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 […]

3

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.

4

Of or relating to comics or sequential art.

noun

1

A comedian.

She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

2

A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.

3

A children's magazine.

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