Dictionary entry

Dramatic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Dra‐mat″ic (?), Dra‐mat″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. dramatique.] Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.

The emperor... performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.