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theatrick

theatrick is the obsolete form of theatric.

Meaning of theatric

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...

Questions about theatrick

What is theatrick the obsolete form of?
Theatrick is the obsolete form of theatric.

Words near theatrick in the dictionary

  1. theatricity
  2. theatricize
  3. theatricized
  4. theatricizes
  5. theatricizing
  6. theatrick
  7. theatricore
  8. theatrics
  9. theatrize
  10. theatrized
  11. theatrizes

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