Melodramaticness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being melodramatic. uncountable
"A feature of the fight was the melodramaticness of the Champion of Champions. [John L.] Sullivan was intensely theatric at times. On several occasions, when the crowd gave vent to its displeasure at [Jake] Kilrain’s method of fighting, the big fellow would half turn toward it, and, raising his right arm aloft, would still the cries by a deprecating wave of his hand."
Example
More examples"A feature of the fight was the melodramaticness of the Champion of Champions. [John L.] Sullivan was intensely theatric at times. On several occasions, when the crowd gave vent to its displeasure at [Jake] Kilrain’s method of fighting, the big fellow would half turn toward it, and, raising his right arm aloft, would still the cries by a deprecating wave of his hand."
Etymology
From melodramatic + -ness.
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