comedy
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English comedie, from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία, from κῶμος ("revel, carousing") + either ᾠδή ("song") or ἀοιδός ("singer, bard"), both from ἀείδω ("I sing").
Pronunciation Nouncomedy
- (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
- (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
- A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
- (countable, Medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
- (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
- (drama) the genre of such works
- (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire or humorous performance
- Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?
- the art of composing comedy
- (countable) a humorous event
- (antonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”): drama#English:_script for broadcast media, usually a noncomedic one (in its narrower sense)
- (antonym(s) of “light, humorous, or satirical work”): tragedy
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