melo-dramatic

A form of melodramatic — Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

Meanings

adjectivemelo-dramatic (comparative more melo-dramatic, superlative most melo-dramatic)

comparative more melo-dramatic · superlative most melo-dramatic

  1. alternativeAlternative form of melodramatic.

    Besides, a conspirator's is a melo-dramatic character, and he was desirous of giving due effect to his part.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 104
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