comical

comical
comical early 15c., "comic," from COMIC (Cf. comic) (or L. comicus) + -AL (Cf. -al) (1). Meaning "funny" is from 1680s. Earlier M.E. had an identical word meaning "epileptic," from L. morbus comitialis "epilepsy."

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  • Comical — Com ic*al, a. 1. Relating to comedy. [1913 Webster] They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. Gay. [1913 Webster] 2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. Comical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Comical — may refer to: Comedy, a type of theatrical drama Comical Radio, a weekly radio show in New York City Comical (software), a Mac OS X and Windows comic book viewer. Can be compiled for Linux This disambiguation page lists articles associated with… …   Wikipedia

  • comical — index ludicrous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • comical — comic, farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous, *laughable, risible, droll, funny Analogous words: absurd, silly, *foolish: jocular, jocose, humorous (see WITTY): waggish, impish, roguish, sportive (see PLAYFUL): deriding or derisive, ridiculing, mocking …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • comical — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing laughter, especially through being ludicrous. DERIVATIVES comically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • comical — [käm′i kəl] adj. 1. causing amusement; humorous; funny; droll 2. Obs. of or fit for comedy SYN. FUNNY comicality [käm′ikal′ə tē] n. comically adv …   English World dictionary

  • comical — comic, comical These two words overlap in meaning, but comic is the more common of the two and is the only one with the purely descriptive meaning ‘relating to or in the nature of comedy’, as in comic actor and comic opera. Comical is a more… …   Modern English usage

  • comical — [[t]kɒ̱mɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as comical, you mean that it makes you want to laugh because it seems funny or silly. Her expression is almost comical... Events took a comical turn. Syn: funny Derived words: comically… …   English dictionary

  • comical — adjective /ˈkɒmɪkəl,ˈkɑmɪkəl/ a) Originally, relating to comedy. It was a comical performance b) Being funny, whimsically amusing. The tutor cruelly excelled in comical scoldings …   Wiktionary

  • comical — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ What made it so comical was that their hats kept falling off …   Collocations dictionary

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