Comic actor
1Richard Yates (comic actor) — Richard Yates (c. 1706 1796) was an English comic actor, who worked at the Haymarket Theatre and Drury Lane among others, appearing in David Garrick s King Lear . He also worked in theatre management, and set up a new theatre in Birmingham in… …
2comic — comic, comical These two words overlap in meaning, but comic is the more common of the two and is the only one with the purely descriptive meaning ‘relating to or in the nature of comedy’, as in comic actor and comic opera. Comical is a more… …
3comic — [[t]kɒ̱mɪk[/t]] comics 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh. The novel is comic and tragic... Most of these trips had exciting or comic moments. 2) ADJ: ADJ n… …
4comic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin comicus, from Greek kōmikos, from kōmos revel Date: 1576 1. of, relating to, or marked by comedy < a comic actor > 2. causing laughter or amusement ; funny < a comic monologue > 3 …
5comic — /kom ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by comedy: comic opera. 2. of or pertaining to a person who acts in or writes comedy: a comic actor; a comic dramatist. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of comedy: comic situations; a… …
6comic — adj. & n. adj. 1 (often attrib.) of, or in the style of, comedy (a comic actor; comic opera). 2 causing or meant to cause laughter; funny (comic to see his struggles). n. 1 a professional comedian. 2 a a children s periodical, mainly in the form… …
7comic */ — I UK [ˈkɒmɪk] / US [ˈkɑmɪk] adjective a) funny The play had comic moments. b) [only before noun] relating to comedy a comic actor II UK [ˈkɒmɪk] / US [ˈkɑmɪk] noun [countable] Word forms comic : singular comic plural comics 1) comic or comic book …
8comic — com|ic1 [ kamık ] adjective * funny: The play had comic moments. a. only before noun relating to COMEDY: a comic actor comic com|ic 2 [ kamık ] noun count * 1. ) someone whose job is to entertain people by telling jokes and stories to make them… …
9comic — com·ic || kÉ’mɪk n. comic book, comic strip (in a newspaper); comedian, comic actor adj. humorous, amusing, witty, zany …
10comic — /ˈkɒmɪk / (say komik) adjective 1. of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy, as distinct from tragedy. 2. acting in or composing comedy. 3. provoking laughter; humorous; funny; laughable. –noun 4. a comic actor. 5. a magazine containing one or …
