English
tragicaster
From tragic + -aster.
Formed from tragic + -aster
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
Ancient Greek τράγω ‘to gnaw, nibble’
Ancient Greek τράγος ‘male goat’
Ancient Greek τραγικός ‘of or relating to tragedy’
English tragic
Today it means
noun A petty or inferior tragedian.
Sources
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