tragico-|ˈtrædʒɪkəʊ|combining form repr.Gr. τραγικός tragic; as in ˌtragico-ˈfarcicala., combining tragic and farcical elements; ˌtragico-heˌroi-ˈcomica. (nonce-wd.) combining tragic, heroic, and comic elements; ˌtragico-hiˈstoricala., combining tragic and historical elements. Also, contracted tragi-, q.v.1756J. Warton Ess. Pope I. iv. 207 Bartolomeo Bocchini..printed at Venice MDCXLI, a tragico-heroi-comic poem.1913E. F. Benson Thorley Weir vi. 206 Tragico-farcical situations.1919T. S. Eliot in Times Lit.Suppl. 13 Nov. 637/3 In Catiline Jonson conforms, or attempts to conform, to conventions..of tragico-historical drama.
tragico-/ˈtradʒɪkəʊ/combining form.
ORIGIN: from Greektragikostragic: see -o-. Cf. tragi-.
Forming chiefly adjectives with the sense ‘tragic and’.