单词 | operatical |
释义 | operaticaladj. archaic or humorous in later use. = operatic adj.1 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [adjective] operatical1736 operish1742 operatic1749 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Operatical, of or belonging to an opera. 1758 Herald 2 155 So pretty a farcical, operatical, pantomimical tragedy. 1807 Director I. 233 The operatical Beau is constantly seen at the King's Theatre on the evening preceding the Sabbath. 1826 Examiner 179/1 A new operatical play was produced. 1875 L. Hutton Plays & Players 60 A New Local Operatical Colloquiality, on the high pressure principle, to be called, ‘What Shall We Do for Something New.’ 1980 J. Wakeman World Authors 694 As a lover he is..operatical and artificial. 1993 Times (Nexis) 18 June (Features section) A genre best described as historical-comical-pastoral-martial-operatical-balletical-gymnastical: everything, really, but tragical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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