comic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Funny and meant to make people laugh.

   The film had several comic scenes that made everyone laugh.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to comedy as a type of performance or writing.

   He has a real comic talent for telling jokes.

3. 3
   noun

   A performer whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes.

   She first performed as a comic when she was thirty.

Common collocations

• comic book Adjective + noun

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

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