melo-dramatic

See also: melodramatic and melodramàtic

English

Adjective

melo-dramatic (comparative more melo-dramatic, superlative most melo-dramatic)

1. Alternative form of melodramatic
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 104:

     Besides, a conspirator's is a melo-dramatic character, and he was desirous of giving due effect to his part.