comicality

comicality

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English comical
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English comicality

    From comical + -ity.

    Noun

    comicality (countable and uncountable, plural comicalities)

    1. The state of being comical.
    2. Something comical.
      • 1822, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, page 249:
        In this, his forte, he has been less put forward than could have been desired; but when he did appear, his comicalities were infinite, and never failed to convulse the audience with laughter.

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