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comic definition

comic (käm′ik)

adjective

  1. of, like, or having to do with comedy
  2. amusing or intended to be amusing; humorous; funny
  3. of comic strips or cartoons

Etymology: ME comice < L comicus < Gr kōmikos < kōmos, revel

noun

  1. a comedian
  2. the humorous element in art or life
  3. ☆
    1. comic strip or comic book
    2. a section of comic strips, as in a newspaper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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