superdramatic

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

Ancient Greek δράω (dráō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)bor.

Latin drāmaticuslbor.

English dramatic

English superdramatic

From super- + dramatic.

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Adjective

superdramatic (comparative more superdramatic, superlative most superdramatic)

1. Highly dramatic.
   • 2009 September 13, Frank Rich, “Obama’s Squandered Summer”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:

     Then he waits — and waits — for that superdramatic moment when he can ride to his own rescue with what the press reliably hypes as The Do-or-Die Speech of His Career.