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English Dictionary: tragical by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tragical
adj
  1. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"
    Synonym(s): tragic, tragical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
            -- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.
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