Definition of: comedy

(kom′ə·dē) noun plural ·dies
1. A drama or other literary work with a happy ending.
2. A play or other work of literature, motion pictures, television, radio, etc., characterized by a humorous treatment of characters, situation, etc., and having a happy ending; an entertaining drama: distinguished from the problematic, tragic, or serious.
2. The art of writing, producing, or acting in such plays, motion pictures, etc.
3. Comedies collectively, especially as a branch of the drama.
4. Any comic or ludicrous incident or series of incidents. [<MF comédie <L comoedia <Gk. kōmōdia <kōmos revel + aeidein sing]