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Tragicalness

Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?: cf. F. tragique.]

  1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

  2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

  3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.

    Why look you still so stern and tragical ?
    --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag"ic*al*ness, n.

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tragicalness

n. The state or quality of being tragical.