comic Copy link Outline I. Appertaining to comedyII. Ridiculous (q. v.) • comic, comical: I. Appertaining to comedy: cōmĭcus: a c. poet, poeta c., Hor.: a c. subject, res c., Hor.: a c. mask, c. persona, Quint. Adv. cōmĭcē, in a c. manner: Cic. A c. actor, cōmoedus: Cic. (or actor comicus, etc.: v. actor). II. Ridiculous (q. v.): rīdĭculus: Cic.: Hor. Phr.: a c. fellow, lepidus nugator, Pl.; lepidum caput, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9: v. merry; wag.