See Also: operatic(dictionary)

anagram (oh) and operatic (iou)


anagram (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: anagramme, from Greek anagrammatismos, from ana- ( ANACHRONISM) + gramma 'letter']
a word or phrase that is made by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase
::'Silent' is an anagram of 'listen'.

operatic (iou)



operatic adjective & noun. M18.
[Irreg. from OPERA noun1 after dramatic etc.]
A. adjective. Pertaining to or of the Nature of opera; characteristic of opera; extravagantly theatrical, histrionic. M18.
W. McIlvanney They were both laughing. She tapered her's off into an operatic groan.
b. noun. In pl. (treated as sing.). The production or performance of operas. E20.
operatical adjective = OPERATIC M18-E19.
operatically adverb E19.