histrionic

Significat (Anglès)

1. Of or relating to actors or acting.
2. (broadly) Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.

Conceptes

histriònic

Sinònims

dramatic

theatrical

stagy

scenic

melodramatic

smarmy

spectacular

stage

theater

simulative

dramatical

hypocritical

lurid

actor

Traduccions

theatralisch

histriónico

théâtral

schauspielerisch

istrionico

histriónico

histriônico

Schauspiel

histrionique

theatraal

histrionic

affettato

scaenicus

pathetisch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Late Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting; scurrilous, shameful; wretched”), from Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting and the theatre”), from histriō (“actor, player”) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). By surface analysis, histrion + -ic.