noncomedy

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noun

That which is not comedy.

OriginEnglish comedy ← Middle English comedie ← Middle French comedie →
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Meanings

nounnoncomedy (usually uncountable, plural noncomedies)

plural noncomedies

  1. uncountableusuallyThat which is not comedy.
  2. countableusuallyA work that is not a comedy.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  15. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  16. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  17. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  18. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  19. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  20. Ancient Greekἀείδω (aeídō)
  21. Ancient Greekἀοιδός (aoidós)
  22. Ancient Greekκωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)
  23. Latincōmoedia
  24. Middle Frenchcomedie
  25. Middle Englishcomedie
  26. Englishcomedy
  27. Englishnoncomedy

From non- + comedy.

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APA

noncomedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncomedy

MLA

“noncomedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncomedy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncomedy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncomedy.

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