combining form repr. Gr. τραγικός TRAGIC; as in Tragico-heroi-comic a. (nonce-wd.) combining tragic, heroic, and comic elements. Also contracted TRAGI-, q.v.
1756. J. Warton, Ess. Pope, I. iv. 207. Bartolomeo Bocchini … printed at Venice MDCXLI, a tragico-heroi-comic poem.
1792. Evening Mail, 29 June, 2/3. A tragico-demagogic production acted at the Theatre de Louvois.
