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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 from dramatic Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός

Definitions

1
Of or relating to the drama.
- Monteverde found the conditions of dramatic music more favourable to his experiments than those of choral music, in which both voices and ears are at their highest sensibility to discord.
2
Striking in appearance or effect.
- a dramatic view of the Alps
- Poland has made some dramatic gains in education in the past decade.
Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
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1. 4
  Tending to exaggerate in order to get attention.
  - You're not bleeding out; the knife barely scratched your skin. Stop being so dramatic!

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Derived

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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A definitional loop anchored at dramatic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at dramatic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at dramatic

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