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Melodrama
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
kind of
drama
having a
musical
accompaniment
to
intensify
the effect of certain scenes.
●
A
drama
abounding in
romantic
sentiment
and
agonizing
situations
, with a
musical
accompaniment
only in
parts
which are especially
thrilling
or
pathetic
. In
opera
, a
passage
in which the
orchestra
plays
a somewhat
descriptive
accompaniment
, while the
actor
speaks
●
Any
situation
or
action
which is
blown out
of proportion.
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Origin
melodrama
English
mélodrame
French
drame
French
drama
Latin
mélo-
French
μέλος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
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