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dramystery

noun

Etymology

Blend of drama + mystery.

  1. derived from μυστήριον
  2. derived from mysterium
  3. derived from misterie
  4. inherited from mysterie
  5. compounded as dramystery — “drama + mystery”

Definitions

  1. A mystery-drama.

    • Fans of last season’s intricate plot twists certainly won’t be disappointed with the Season 2 opener of FX’s legal dramystery (yes, that’s what I said).
    • Perhaps it won’t be long until we will hear that Witherspoon or Reynolds is doing a movie, and we’ll immediately think, “Probably another silent existentialistic docu-dramystery!”
    • For eight seasons Showtime brought us “Dexter” which—in its own way—defined a serial killer in a serial “dramystery.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dramystery. 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