Webster's English Dictionary

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tragic

trag.ic \'traj-ik\ aj [L tragicus, fr. Gk tragikos, irreg. fr. trago-idia 
   traged]y 1: of, marked by, or expressive of tragedy  2a: dealing with or 
   treated in tragedy {the ~ hero}  2b: appropriate to or typical of tragedy  
   3a: DEPLORABLE, LAMENTABLE  3b: marked by a sense of tragedy