Meanings
alternative theatrick
- not comparableRelating to acting or the theater, theatrical.
1 more example
A feature of the fight was the melodramaticness of the Champion of Champions. [John L.] Sullivan was intensely theatric at times. On several occasions, when the crowd gave vent to its displeasure at [Jake] Kilrain’s method of fighting, the big fellow would half turn toward it, and, raising his right arm aloft, would still the cries by a deprecating wave of his hand.
1889 July 12, Macon, “Macon’s Melange. The Big Fight As He Saw It. He Tells of Some By-Play at the Ring-Side. […]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XLVII, number 195, Cincinnati, Oh., published 14 July 1889, page 11, column 6
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Late Latintheātricus
- Englishtheatric
From Late Latin theātricus, equivalent to theatre + -ic.
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theatric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theatric
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