actoryadj.

Brit.

/ˈaktəri/, U.S.

/ˈæktəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: actor n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < actor n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier actressy adj.

= actorish adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [adjective] > affectedly theatrical (of persons)

actory1917

actorish1941

actorly2003

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > like or relating to actor

actory1917

actorish1941

actorly1957

1917 A. Woollcott Let. Oct. (1944) 38 He is a marvel of good humor, consideration and dignity—one in a thousand, and the least actory actor I have ever known—bar none.

1967 G. Playfair Prodigy iv. 101 George Frederick Cooke..was a very ‘actory’ type of actor, as egotistical and as temperamentally unstable as he was supremely gifted.

1981 Washington Post 22 Dec. c9/6 Robert Prosky's narration was replete with actory details.

2007 Daily Variety (Nexis) 26 Oct. We all got to go to London and do actory type things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	actory
释义	actoryadj. Brit. /ˈaktəri/, U.S. /ˈæktəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: actor n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < actor n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier actressy adj. = actorish adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [adjective] > affectedly theatrical (of persons) actory1917 actorish1941 actorly2003 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > like or relating to actor actory1917 actorish1941 actorly1957 1917 A. Woollcott Let. Oct. (1944) 38 He is a marvel of good humor, consideration and dignity—one in a thousand, and the least actory actor I have ever known—bar none. 1967 G. Playfair Prodigy iv. 101 George Frederick Cooke..was a very ‘actory’ type of actor, as egotistical and as temperamentally unstable as he was supremely gifted. 1981 Washington Post 22 Dec. c9/6 Robert Prosky's narration was replete with actory details. 2007 Daily Variety (Nexis) 26 Oct. We all got to go to London and do actory type things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1917
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