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Seriocomic

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies.

    "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a seriocomic romp through the summer of a group of teenagers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A seriocomic performer; especially, a female variety performer working in seriocomic acting and singing. historical

    "One day, when Philip had been at the shop for five months, Miss Alice Antonia, the well-known seriocomic, came in and asked to see Mr Sampson."

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