tragicalness

Variant of tragic

tragic definition

tragic (traj′ik)

adjective

  1. of, or having the nature of, tragedy
  2. like or characteristic of tragedy; bringing great harm, suffering, etc.; calamitous, disastrous, fatal, etc.
  3. appropriate to the acting of tragedy in a tragic voice
  4. writing or acting in tragedy
Also tragical trag′i·cal

Etymology: L tragicus < Gr tragikos

noun

the tragic element in art or life

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