playletn.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪlət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play n., -let suffix.

Etymology: < play n. (compare play n. III.) + -let suffix.

A short or insubstantial play.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play

king play1469

king game1504

historya1509

chronicle history1600

monology1608

horseplaya1627

piscatory1631

stock play1708

petite pièce1712

mimic1724

ballad opera1730

ballad farce1735

benefit-play1740

potboiler1783

monodrama1793

extravaganza1797

theo-drama1801

monodrame1803

proverb1803

stock piece1804

bespeak1807

ticket-night1812

dramaticle1813

monopolylogue1819

pièce d'occasion1830

interlude1831

mimea1834

costume piece1834

mummers' play1849

history play1850

gag-piece1860

music drama1874

well-made1881

playlet1884

two-decker1884

slum1885

kinderspiel1886

thrill1886

knockabout1887

two-hander1888

front-piece1889

thriller1889

shadow-play1890

mime play1894

problem play1894

one-acter1895

sex play1899

chronicle drama1902

thesis-play1902

star vehicle1904

folk-play1905

radio play1908

tab1915

spy play1919

one-act1920

pièce à thèse1923

dance-drama1924

a mess of plottage1926

turkey1927

weepie1928

musical1930

cliffhanger1931

mime drama1931

triangle drama1931

weeper1934

spine-chiller1940

starrer1941

scorcher1942

teleplay1947

straw-hatter1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

tab show1951

conversation piece1952

psychodrama1956

whydunit1968

mystery play1975

State of the Nation1980

1884 B. Matthews in Cent. Mag. 28 916 In these beautiful and witty playlets there is but the ghost of an action.

1892 Welsh Rev. 1 751 The modern playhouse..has become the home, not of the play, but the playlet.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xvi. 209 By eleven he had seen three more one-act plays and a dramatic playlet.

1955 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 16 July 20/2 I have here a small proscenium arch, a clump of heather..and what is more, an irresistible urge to weave a playlet.

1991 P. Fussell BAD 18 Similarly unpersuasive are the brief radio playlets devised by mediocre ad agencies who conceive of listeners as monumentally stupid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	playlet
释义	playletn. Brit. /ˈpleɪlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpleɪlət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play n., -let suffix. Etymology: < play n. (compare play n. III.) + -let suffix. A short or insubstantial play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play king play1469 king game1504 historya1509 chronicle history1600 monology1608 horseplaya1627 piscatory1631 stock play1708 petite pièce1712 mimic1724 ballad opera1730 ballad farce1735 benefit-play1740 potboiler1783 monodrama1793 extravaganza1797 theo-drama1801 monodrame1803 proverb1803 stock piece1804 bespeak1807 ticket-night1812 dramaticle1813 monopolylogue1819 pièce d'occasion1830 interlude1831 mimea1834 costume piece1834 mummers' play1849 history play1850 gag-piece1860 music drama1874 well-made1881 playlet1884 two-decker1884 slum1885 kinderspiel1886 thrill1886 knockabout1887 two-hander1888 front-piece1889 thriller1889 shadow-play1890 mime play1894 problem play1894 one-acter1895 sex play1899 chronicle drama1902 thesis-play1902 star vehicle1904 folk-play1905 radio play1908 tab1915 spy play1919 one-act1920 pièce à thèse1923 dance-drama1924 a mess of plottage1926 turkey1927 weepie1928 musical1930 cliffhanger1931 mime drama1931 triangle drama1931 weeper1934 spine-chiller1940 starrer1941 scorcher1942 teleplay1947 straw-hatter1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 tab show1951 conversation piece1952 psychodrama1956 whydunit1968 mystery play1975 State of the Nation1980 1884 B. Matthews in Cent. Mag. 28 916 In these beautiful and witty playlets there is but the ghost of an action. 1892 Welsh Rev. 1 751 The modern playhouse..has become the home, not of the play, but the playlet. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xvi. 209 By eleven he had seen three more one-act plays and a dramatic playlet. 1955 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 16 July 20/2 I have here a small proscenium arch, a clump of heather..and what is more, an irresistible urge to weave a playlet. 1991 P. Fussell BAD 18 Similarly unpersuasive are the brief radio playlets devised by mediocre ad agencies who conceive of listeners as monumentally stupid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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