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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

theatricus

, Gr. [GREEK].]

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial;

as,

theatrical

performances;

theatrical

gestures

–

The-atˊri-cal′i-ty

(#)

Noun.

–

The-at′ric-al-ly

(#)

adv.

No meretricious aid whatever has been called in – no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing

theatrical

R. Jefferies.