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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Black comedy

/(blăk" kŏm`ĕd*y̆)/ · Black· com·e·dy · IPA
01 n. a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot.
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    a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot.(Drama)