dramaticity
nounEtymology
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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English dramaticity From dramatic + -ity.
- derived from -itebor
Definitions
The quality of being dramatic.
- “You must blame me for that: as stage manager, with an eye to dramatic effect, I forbade it,” said the doctor; “though one might as well expect heat from an iceberg as extract a spark of—of dramaticity from either of you.”
- Obviously, in these three types of dramaticity, the parties use narratives involving national identity by invoking the cultural icons most favorable for legitimizing their interests.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dramaticity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA