-orama

suffix

Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning "wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) "surfeit of", "overattention to", or "exaggerated praise of" the first.

OriginAncient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ ← Proto-Indo-European *wer- →
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Meanings

suffix

alternative -o-rama · alternative -rama

  1. Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning "wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) "surfeit of", "overattention to", or "exaggerated praise of" the first.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
  2. Ancient Greekὅρᾱμᾰ“sight”, “spectacle”
  3. English-orama

Back-formation from panorama and cyclorama (which are modern coinages, not Greek words), and thus from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight”, “spectacle”), in turn evolved from the Proto-Indo-European *wer-, meaning to perceive or look out for.

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APA

-orama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-orama

MLA

“-orama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-orama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-orama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-orama.

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