tragifarce

English

Etymology

Blend of tragedy +‎ farce

Noun

tragifarce (countable and uncountable, plural tragifarces)

1. A dramatic work that combines elements of tragedy and farce.
   • 1988 May 6, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Social Criticism”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The latter is, according to its director, "a tragic phantasmagoria, a grotesque tragicomedy, or perhaps a lyrical tragifarce," as well as a political allegory, and only has a few moments of percussive pop music (along with quotes from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Shakespeare's 66th sonnet).