operatic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌɒp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/ (UK)
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/ˌɒp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/ (UK) · /ˌɑ.pɚˈæt.ɪk/ (US) · [ˌɑ.pɚˈæɾ.ɪk] (US) · /ˌɔp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/ · [ˌɔp.əˈɹæɾ.ɪk]

Definition of operatic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, related to, or typical of opera.
    “The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.”
    “She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the desk to write Charles some operatic note of farewell.”

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Etymology

From opera + -ic, probably influenced by dramatic.

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