the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
adj. Causing mirth; ludicrous.
n. A comedian.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining or relating to or of the nature of comedy, as distinct from tragedy. See comedy and drama.
Raising mirth; fitted to excite merriment.
n. A comic actor or singer; a writer of comedies; a comical person.
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adj. of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
adj. arousing or provoking laughter
n. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Word Usage
"Once in a company of choice spirits Somebody suggested, when "our leading comic" was being discussed, that it would surely be an original idea and a good speculation to "start a _comic_ Punch.""