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-orama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
-o-ra-ma
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning "wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) "surfeit of", "overattention to", or "exaggerated praise of" the first.

Etymology

Back-formation from panorama and cyclorama (which are modern coinages, not Greek words), and thus from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight”, “spectacle”), in turn evolved from the Proto-Indo-European *wer-, meaning to perceive or look out for.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

-o-rama (alternative) -rama (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cyclorama diorama panorama

Questions

What does -orama mean?
Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning "wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) "surfeit of", "overattention to", or "exaggerated praise of" the first.
Where does -orama come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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