tragic actor
1tragic — tragically, adv. tragicalness, n. /traj ik/, adj. 1. characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity. 2. extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic: a tragic plight. 3. dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event. 4. of …
2tragic — adjective 1 a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad: Lillian Board s death at 22 was a tragic loss for the world of British athletics. 2 (only before noun) connected with tragedy in books or plays: a great tragic actor | tragic hero ( …
3tragic — tra|gic [ˈtrædʒık] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: tragicus, from Greek tragikos, from tragoidia; TRAGEDY] 1.) a tragic event or situation makes you feel very sad, especially because it involves death or suffering →↑comic ▪ The parents… …
4tragic — adj. 1 (also tragical) sad; calamitous; greatly distressing (a tragic tale). 2 of, or in the style of, tragedy (tragic drama; a tragic actor). Phrases and idioms: tragic irony a device, orig. in Greek tragedy, by which words carry a tragic, esp.… …
5tragic — trag•ic [[t]ˈtrædʒ ɪk[/t]] also trag′i•cal adj. 1) dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal: a tragic event[/ex] 2) extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic 3) lit. pertaining to or characteristic of tragedy: a tragic actor; tragic… …
6tragic — (adj.) 1540s, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, shortened from tragical (late 15c.), modeled on L. tragicus, from Gk. tragikos of or pertaining to tragedy, lit. of or pertaining to a goat, and probably referring to a satyr impersonated by a goat… …
7Actor — For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). An actor (sometimes actress for female; see terminology) is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity.[1] The ancient Greek word… …
8Tragic carpet — A tragic carpet, according to the Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre , is the green cloth that was spread on the stage in seventeenth century plays for the actors to die on so they would not dirty their clothes. [Cite book|title=The Concise… …
9David Holmes (actor) — This article is about the actor and stunt performer. For other persons named David Holmes, see David Holmes (disambiguation). David Holmes Born 1981 (age 29–30) Occupation Actor and stunt performer Years active 2001 2009 David Holmes (born… …
10James Murray (actor) — James Murray (February 9, 1901 – July 11, 1936) was an American movie actor.Born in The Bronx, New York, James Murray went to Hollywood in the 1920s to try to succeed as an actor. After several years of work as an extra with little hope of a… …
