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 Trag·e·dy n.; pl. Tragedies
 1. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
 Tragedy is to say a certain storie,
 As olde bookes maken us memorie,
 Of him that stood in great prosperitee
 And is yfallen out of high degree
 Into misery and endeth wretchedly.   --Chaucer.
    All our tragedies are of kings and princes.   --Jer. Taylor.
    tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest.   --Coleridge.
 2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
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