Comedy
['kɒmɪdɪ] or ['kɑmədi]
Definition
(n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.
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Definition
n. a dramatic piece of a pleasant or humorous character originally accompanied with dancing and singing.—ns. Comē′dian one who acts or writes comedies: an actor:—fem. Comé–ienne′; Comēdiet′ta a short comic piece.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being at a light play, denotes that foolish and short-lived pleasures will be indulged in by the dreamer. To dream of seeing a comedy, is significant of light pleasures and pleasant tasks.
Editor: Rudolf
Examples
- I have always protested against comedy, and this is comedy in its worst form. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I dare say at some time or other Sentiment and Comedy will bring THEIR husbands home and have THEIR nests upstairs too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I feel as if I could be anything or everything; as if I could rant and storm, or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the English language. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It would be impossible to transplant the Aristophanic comedy to England, for modern civilization is too complicated to admit of such free speaking. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I have a blue-eyed daughter who is my Beauty daughter, I have a Sentiment daughter, and I have a Comedy daughter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The eighteenth was a century of comedy--which at the end grew grim. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Guppy, noiselessly tapping on the window-sill, resumes his whispering in quite a light-comedy tone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Side by side with tragedy, comedy developed from another and merrier series of dressings-up and singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Would I have his Comedy daughter, his Beauty daughter, or his Sentiment daughter? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Political life, they felt, had ceased to be the urgent and tragic thing it had once been; it had become a polite comedy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The old comedy was almost extinct; the new had not yet arisen. Plato. The Republic.
- Tragedy may be your choice, but it will certainly appear that comedy chuses _you_. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Your comedy and mine will have been played then, and we shall be removed, oh, how far, from the trumpets, and the shouting, and the posture-making. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Well, now all is arranged, we must drop the curtain on this comedy of life, said Justinian, with a flash of his old cynicism. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Monseigneur had been out at a little supper last night, where the Comedy and the Grand Opera were charmingly represented. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I had been at but three plays in my life, all comedies. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I think I have seen such comedies of errors going on in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The comedies alone must take me on the wings of fancy to Athens. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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