Tragi-comedy \Trag`i-com"e*dy\, n. [Cf. F. tragicom['e]die, L.
tragicocomoedia. See {Tragic}, and {Comedy}.]
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.