theatrical

theatrical
theatricality /thee a'tri kal"i tee/, theatricalness, n.theatrically, adv.
/thee a"tri keuhl/, adj. Also, theatric.
1. of or pertaining to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
2. suggestive of the theater or of acting; artificial, pompous, spectacular, or extravagantly histrionic: a theatrical display of grief.
n.
a. dramatic performances, now esp. as given by amateurs.
b. artificial or histrionic actions.
4. a professional actor: a family of renowned theatricals.
[1550-60; < LL theatric(us) < Gk theatrikós, equiv. to theátr(on) THEATER + -ikos -IC + -AL1]
Syn. 2. exaggerated, melodramatic, stagy, extravagant.

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