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tragicomedy . ( Of the lat. )( tragicomedy ). 1. f. dramatic work with traits of comedy and tragedy. 2. f. designation which gave the author, Fernando de Rojas, in the 15th century, which founded a genre of works entirely in La Celestina dialogadas, although irrepresentables by its extension, involving noble and plebeian, characters mix high and vile passions, and alternate the more refined with the purely colloquial style.