tragicomic

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tragicomedy /ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmɪdi/

▶noun (pl. tragicomedies) a play or novel containing elements of both comedy and tragedy.

– derivatives
tragicomic adjective,
tragicomically adverb.

– origin C16: from Fr. tragicomédie or Ital. tragicomedia, based on L. tragicocomoedia, from tragicus (see tragic) + comoedia (see comedy).