Definition of Tragi

1. Noun. (plural of tragus) ¹

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Definition of Tragi

1. tragus [n] - See also: tragus

Medical Definition of Tragi

1. 1. Plural of tragus. 2. The hairs growing at the entrance to the external acoustic meatus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragi

tragedian
tragedians
tragedie
tragedienne
tragediennes
tragedies
tragedious
tragedize
tragedized
tragedizes
tragedizing
tragedy
tragedy of the commons
tragematopolist
tragematopolists
tragi (current term)
tragic
tragic flaw
tragic hero
tragic heroes
tragical
tragicality
tragically
tragicalness
tragick
tragicness
tragicomedian
tragicomedians
tragicomedies
tragicomedy

Literary usage of Tragi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of the French Stage from Its Origin to the Death of Racine by Frederick William Hawkins (1884)
"La Suite et le Mariage du Cid, tragi-comedy, and L'Avocat Dupé, comedy, by Chevreau. La Vraie Suite du Cid, tragi-comedy, by Desfontaines. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"A drama compounded of merry and serious events. On the world's stage, when our applause grows For acting here life's tragi- ... The whole art of the tragi- ..."

3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"But the paper on tragi-Comedy (156) is much more important. For here, as in other places, we see that Johnson, but for the combination of influences above ..."

4. A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"The Siege of Troy: A tragi-comedy, as it has been often acted with great applause. ... The Siege of Urbino: A tragi-comedy by Sir William Killigrew. ..."

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