melodramata

/ˈmɛləˌdɹɑmətə/

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noun

"At the Tobyhanna depot, before he left, Festa turned to Chief Deputy Marshal Scheu and cried. “If I get sent away, you gotta watch Rose for me.” Scheu did not and would not believe that this display was simply melodramata."
"Unfortunately, the show veers into melodramata when a soused Penny expresses second thoughts to Raj about dumping Leonard."

A plural form of melodrama formed on the pattern of dramata; representing a supposed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *μελοδρᾱ́ματα (melodrā́mata), from the extant roots μέλος (mélos) and δράματα (drámata) (drāmata; the nominative plural form of δρᾶμα (drâma), drāma).

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛləˌdɹɑmətə/.

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plural of melodrama

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