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  • adjective Having certain elements of tragedy.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ tragic

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Examples

  • But he knew no other occupation, so he continued, one of those semitragic men who waste their lives on the periphery of an art that is cruel to horses, bulls and people alike.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

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