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seriocomic

American  
[seer-ee-oh-kom-ik] / ˌsɪər i oʊˈkɒm ɪk /
Sometimes seriocomical

adjective

  1. partly serious and partly comic.

    a seriocomic play.


seriocomic British  
/ ˌsɪərɪəʊˈkɒmɪk /

adjective

  1. mixing serious and comic elements

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of seriocomic

First recorded in 1775–85; seri(ous) + -o- + comic

Example Sentences

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Perry, 40, is best known for seriocomic indie films such as “Listen Up Philip” and “Her Smell.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

Hanif’s deftness at this kind of seriocomic storytelling has often, almost reflexively now, gotten him compared to Joseph Heller.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2019

Joshua Wheeler detours around them all in favor of his native southern New Mexico in the engagingly chatty and seriocomic "Acid West."

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2018

The seriocomic periodical Punch, I remember, made a happy use of it in the political cartoon.

From The War of the Worlds by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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