English Explanatory Dictionary

dramatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the drama.
  2. Striking in appearance or effect.
  3. Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
  4. Tending to exaggerate in order to get attention.

Pronunciation

/dɹəˈmætɪk/ En-us-dramatic.ogg

Word forms

dramatic more dramatic most dramatic dramatick

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δρᾰ́ω (drắō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)lbor. English dramatic Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós), from δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós). By surface analysis, drama + -tic.

Derived words

antidramatic cyberdramatic dramastic dramatically dramatic beat dramatic irony dramaticism dramaticity dramatic license dramaticness Dramatic Prakrit dramatic present dramatic soprano dramatic structure dramaticule dramatic unity dramatism hyperdramatic metadramatic microdramatic monodramatic musicodramatic nondramatic overdramatic photodramatic postdramatic protodramatic pseudodramatic psychodramatic semidramatic sociodramatic superdramatic teledramatic theodramatic underdramatic undramatic
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