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theatric

theatric adjective: relating to acting or the theater, theatrical.

Adjective

theatric (not comparable)

  1. Relating to acting or the theater, theatrical.
    • 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...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...

theatric meaning in Tamil

theatric in Tamil

நாடக மேடைக்குரிய

Forms of theatric

alternative formtheatrick

Origin of theatric

From Late Latin theātricus, equivalent to theatre + -ic.

Words formed from theatric

Questions about theatric

What does theatric mean?
Theatric means relating to acting or the theater, theatrical.
What is theatric in Tamil?
Theatric in Tamil is நாடக மேடைக்குரிய. See Theatric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is theatric?
Theatric is an adjective.

Words near theatric in the dictionary

  1. theatrettes
  2. theatreward
  3. theatrewards
  4. theatrewide
  5. theatrewise
  6. theatric
  7. theatrical
  8. theatrical film
  9. theatrical films
  10. theatrical prop
  11. theatrical props

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theatric (page history and authors); theatric (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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