What does "tragical" mean?

Tragical: Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow. Why look you still so stern and tragical Shak. -- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Trag"ic*al*ness, n.

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