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English
Etymology
From opera + -ic, probably influenced by dramatic.
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Adjective
operatic (comparative more operatic, superlative most operatic)
- Of, related to, or typical of opera.
The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.
2009, Jane Pattison, Charles and Diantha, page 327: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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