English
tragicize
From tragic + -ize.
Formed from tragic + -ize
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
verb To speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tragicize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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