Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Comic

Comic (kom"ik) , adjective

[Latin comicus pertaining to comedy, Greek kwmiko`s: compare French comique. See Comedy.]

1.
Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. — B. Jonson
2.
Causing mirth; ludicrous.
Comic shows. — Shakespeare

Comic , noun

A comedian. [Obsolete] — Steele