comedy
com.e.dy \'ka:m-*d-e-\ n [ME, fr. MF comedie, fr. L comoedia, fr. Gk
ko-mo-idia,] fr. ko-mos revel + aeidein to sing - more at ODE 1a: a
theatrical, film, radio, or television drama of light and amusing cha
racter and typically with a happy ending 1b: the genre of dramatic
literature dealing with the comic or with the ser ious in a light or
satirical manner 2a: a medieval narrative that ends happily {Dante's Divine
Comedy> 2b: a literary work written in a comic style or treating a comic
theme 3: a ludicrous or farcical event or series of events 4: the comic
element