comedic
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Etymology
Origin of comedic
1630–40; < Latin cōmoedicus < Greek kōmōidikós, equivalent to kōmōid ( ía ) comedy + -ikos -ic
Explanation
If something makes you laugh out loud, it's comedic. If your teacher tells you to save your comedic skills for after school, he wants you to stop being the class clown. The adjective comedic can describe anything having to do with comedy, including comedic films that leave you roaring with laughter, the comedic timing of your favorite stand-up comedian, or the comedic touches you add to your essay for English class. Comedic is derived from the Greek kōmōidia, "an amusing spectacle."
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But despite successful metrics — the company’s own or the comedians it’s considering getting into business with — Grotticelli says there’s really no way to produce comedic greatness strictly off surface-level numbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Canadian comedian, writer and producer Fielder is famous for harnessing the power of awkwardness, cringe and deadpan wit to great, if unsettling, comedic effect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
"We wanted those moments when the bed crashes and breaks, and the way they comment on that in the scene is quite comedic," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It taps into humanity’s most ancient, addictive comedic truth, which is that some dude getting hit in the balls is hilarious.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The experience had been thrust upon her with no warning, as if she were a character in a comedic French play.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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