Hypertext Webster Gateway: "comic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comic \Com"ic\, a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. ?: cf.
F. comique. See {Comedy}.]
1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or
comic, but thou writ'st the play. --B. Jonson.
2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. ``Comic shows.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comic \Com"ic\, n.
A comedian. [Obs.] --Steele.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
comic
adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very
funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it
hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience";
"risible courtroom antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comical},
{funny}, {laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
2: (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of comedy;
"comic hero"
n 1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic
acts [syn: {comedian}]
2: a magazine devoted to comic strips [syn: {comic book}]
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