operatic

English

Etymology

From opera +‎ -ic, probably influenced by dramatic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.pɚˈæt.ɪk/, [ˌɑ.pɚˈæɾ.ɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɔp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/, [ˌɔp.əˈɹæɾ.ɪk]

Adjective

operatic (comparative more operatic, superlative most operatic)

1. Of, related to, or typical of opera.

   The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.

   • 2009, Jane Pattison, Charles and Diantha, page 327:

     She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the desk to write Charles some operatic note of farewell.

Derived terms

• horse-operatic
• soap-operatic
• space-operatic

 

Translations

of or relating to opera

• Catalan: operístic
• French: opératique (fr)
• German: Opern-, opernhaft, opernartig
• Irish: ceoldrámach
• Spanish: operístico (es)
• Welsh: operatig

Anagrams

• aporetic