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Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə
Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) Proto-Indo-European *-tós 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) ?Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ?English undramatic
From un- + dramatic.
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undramatic (comparative more undramatic, superlative most undramatic)
- Not dramatic; lacking in dramatic action.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 40:[…] they supply the rest—all told in a long-winded, undramatic dialogue.
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