tragus : Idioms & Phrases

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post-tragus

Post"-tra`gus noun
Etymology
NL. See Post-, and Tragus.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
Webster 1913

tragi-comedy

Trag`i-com"e*dy noun
Etymology
Cf. F. tragicomédie, L. tragicocomoedia. See Tragic, and Comedy.
Definitions
  1. A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
    The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure." Macaulay.
Webster 1913

tragi-comi-pastoral

Trag`i-com`i-pas"tor*al adjective
Definitions
  1. Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry. R. Gay.
Webster 1913

tragi-comic

Trag`i-com"ic, Trag`i-com"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Tragi-comic
  • Tragi-comical
)
Etymology
Cf. F. tragi-comique.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- Trag`-com"ic*al*ly, adv.
    Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913