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dramatick

dramatick is the obsolete form of dramatic.

Meaning of dramatic

Adjective

dramatic (comparative more dramatic, superlative most dramatic)

  1. Of or relating to the drama.
    • Monteverde found the conditions of dramatic music more favourable to his experiments than those of choral music, in which both voices and ears are at their highest sensibility to discord.1911, “Music”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. Striking in appearance or effect.
    • a dramatic view of the Alps
  3. Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
  4. (informal) Tending to exaggerate in order to get attention.
    • You're not bleeding out; the knife barely scratched your skin. Stop being so dramatic!

Forms of dramatick

comparativemore dramatick
superlativemost dramatick

Questions about dramatick

What is dramatick the obsolete form of?
Dramatick is the obsolete form of dramatic.

Words near dramatick in the dictionary

  1. dramatical
  2. dramatically
  3. dramaticism
  4. dramaticisms
  5. dramaticity
  6. dramatick
  7. dramaticks
  8. dramaticness
  9. dramatico-musical
  10. dramaticomusical
  11. dramatics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dramatick (page history and authors); dramatic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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