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adjective
- Causing great sadness or suffering.
- 1918: w:Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Address to the Joint Session of Congress on the Fourteen Points
- : No statesman who has the least conception of responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to continue this tragical and appalling outpouring of blood and treasure...
- Relating to tragedy in a literary work.
Translations: - French: tragique
- Italian: tragico
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (tragikos), "related to male goat, related to tragedy", from (tragos) "male goat", a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.
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