tragedian
pronunciation
How to pronounce tragedian in British English:
UK [trəˈdʒi:diən]
How to pronounce tragedian in American English:
US [trəˈdʒidiən]
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- Noun:
- a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
- an actor who specializes in tragic roles
Word Origin
- tragedian (n.)
- "writer of tragedies," late 14c., from Old French tragediane (Modern French tragédien), from tragedie (see tragedy). Another word for this was tragician (mid-15c.). Meaning "actor in tragedies" is from 1590s. French-based fem. form tragedienne is from 1851. In late classical Greek, tragodos was the actor, tragodopoios the writer.
Example
- 1. Tragedian grief is the quintessence .
- 2. 9 See joke : a tragedian says to his wife : " dear , canyouhelp me do a sponge pillow ? "
- 3. This paper is to analyze the production mechanism of tragedian grief and the transformation mechanism of aesthetic delight , extending at the same time to show the realistic functions in the transformation from tragedian grief to aesthetic delight .
- 4. The play proved a triumph , the poetic beauty of many of the passages and the bold , impressive language causing it to be considered one of the tragedian 's noblest impersonations .