Tragicalness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?:
     cf. F. tragique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of
        tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or
        representation.
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     2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the
        tragic scenes of the French revolution.
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     3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
        sorrow.
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              Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
        {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.
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