DRAMA, DRAMATIC
ADJECTIVES
► TABASCO dramatic, excited, spirited → 1920s sl.
NOUNS
► BANE a prelude of a play → c1440 obs.
► BANNS proclamation or prologue of a play → 1440 obs.
► GUT-BUSTER something dramatic and powerful → 1930s sl.
► WING-DING a dramatic, noisy event → 1950s sl.
► WROUGHT a situation in which something dramatic happens → 1980s sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CACKLE-MERCHANT a dramatic author; the author of a play → c1860 theatrical usage obs.
► FACTIST a play-maker → 1775 obs.
► MONOPOLOLOGIST ► MONOPOLYLOGIST a performer of a monopolylogue (a dramatic entertainment in which a single performer takes the part of all the characters involved) → 1830
► WALKER-ON a person who plays a walk-on part in a dramatic production → 1897
VERBS
► CATASTROPHIZE to end a drama, comedy or the like → 1623 obs.
► CUT to shorten a play by omitting portions → 1413
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