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Definition melodrama
Etymology
From French m�lodrame, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama; ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (m�los, �limb�, �member�, �song�, �tune�, �melody�) + ????? (dr�ma, �deed�, �theatrical act�). Compare melodrame. Cognate to German Melodram and Spanish melodrama.
Noun
melodrama (countable and uncountable, plural melodramas or melodramata)
- (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- (countable) 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
- (uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
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