melodrama (melodrama)

[ Also melo drame, [= F. melodramatic (mel"ō-dra-mat'ik), a. mélodramatique = Sp. melodramatico; as melodrama( t- ) + -ic.] Pertaining to, suitable for, or having the character of melodrama. A set of highly-coloured pictures, full of contortion and melodramatic postures, would captivate a larger multitude than a series of paintings by Raphael. Sir G. C. Lewis, Authority in Matters of Opinion, vi. [( Latham. ) The traveller in Sicily needs no gayer melodramatic exhibition than the table d'hôte of his inn will afford him in the conversation of the joyous guests. Emerson, Eloquence. [