OPERATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does operatic mean? 

• OPERATIC (adjective)
  The adjective OPERATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of opera

  Familiarity information: OPERATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of opera

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

opera (a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes)

Derivation:

opera (a building where musical dramas are performed)

opera (a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes)

 Context examples 

Suddenly some one passed below, whistling like an operatic blackbird, and a voice called out, "All serene! Coming in tonight."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Let me see!” said Holmes. Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Contralto—hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw—yes! Retired from operatic stage—ha! Living in London—quite so!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)