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Definition of Melodramatist
1. n. One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.
Definition of Melodramatist
1. Noun. A writer of melodramas. ¹
2. Noun. An actor in melodramas. ¹
3. Noun. A melodramatic person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melodramatist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodramatist
Literary usage of Melodramatist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"Like the tragic poet, the melodramatist aims at arousing the feelings of pity
and terror, ... The typical melodramatist of the classic stage was Seneca, ..."
2. A Short History of French Literature: (from the Earliest Texts to the Close by George Saintsbury (1901)
"Pixe're'court, a melodramatist and a book- Minor and collector, achieved his
first success with a play on the later well-known story of the Dog of Montargis ..."
3. A Book of Prefaces by Henry Louis Mencken (1917)
"The melodramatist offers a double-headed reason, the first part being that the
viscount is an amalgam of Satan and Don Juan and the second being that the ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Perils greater than any which the most daring romance- writer or melodramatist
ever imagined. W. Matthew». Getting on in the World, p. ..."
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