comic

comparative more comic · superlative most comic

1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.First known use 16th c.

   comic genius

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   a comic stereotype

2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.First known use 16th c.

   There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]

   1954, Canadian Saturday Night: A Magazine of Business & National Affairs

3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.First known use 17th c.

   As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […], I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it.

   1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 262

4. Of or relating to comics or sequential art.

plural comics

1. A comedian.

   She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

2. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
3. UKA children's magazine.