tramelogedia

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Italian

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Etymology

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Coined by Vittorio Alfieri to define his play Abele (1790).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tra.me.loˈd͡ʒɛ.dja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdja
  • Hyphenation: tra‧me‧lo‧gè‧dia

Noun

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tramelogedia f (plural tramelogedie)

  1. a work mixing elements from both melodrama and tragedy

Further reading

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  • tramelogedia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana