comic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: comic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for comic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comic adj 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" Synonym(s): amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero" n a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts Synonym(s): comedian, 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. [bd]Comic shows.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comic \Com"ic\, n. A comedian. [Obs.] --Steele.