Middle English Dictionary Entry
traǧician n.
Entry Info
Forms | traǧician n. |
Etymology | Prob. from L tragicus n. or adj., with suffix as in ME maǧicien n., mūsicien n., phisicien n., etc.; cp. traǧē̆dien n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A writer of tragedies.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3067 : Euripides..was..Callid in his tyme a gret tragician Because he wrot many tragedies.