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• Tragedies — Tragedy Trag e*dy, n.; pl. {Tragedies}. [OE. tragedie, OF. tragedie, F. trag[ e]die, L. tragoedia, Gr. ?, fr. ? a tragic poet and singer, originally, a goat singer; ? a goat (perhaps akin to ? to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) + ? to sing; from …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tragedy — Trag e*dy, n.; pl. {Tragedies}. [OE. tragedie, OF. tragedie, F. trag[ e]die, L. tragoedia, Gr. ?, fr. ? a tragic poet and singer, originally, a goat singer; ? a goat (perhaps akin to ? to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) + ? to sing; from the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fall — 1. verb /fɔːl,fɔl,fɑl/ a) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground. b) To come down, to drop or descend. The rain fell at dawn …   Wiktionary

• Monk’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1373–1386)    CHAUCER’s Monk’s Tale is one of the lesser known CANTERBURY TALES. It takes the form of a series of vignettes illustrating the fall of important figures in history, beginning with Lucifer and Adam, and… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature