unhistrionicadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > suitable for the stage > not
untheatrical1745
unhistrionic1837
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vi. 386 ‘What is passing?’ repeats Collot, in the unhistrionic Cambyses' vein.
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adj.1837- to be neighbours to
- to be neighbours with
- to be neither sugar nor salt
- to be neither use nor ornament
- to be nerve all over
- to be nice
- to be nice to
- to be no accident
- to be no better than
- to be no better than one should be
- to be no chicken
- to be no fool
- to be no great shakes
- to be no great some considerable shakes
- to be no great some etc shakes
- to be no great some great shakes
- to be no mastery
- to be no more use than a headache
- to be no more use than a sick headache
- to be no newings
- to be no oil painting
- to be no respecter of persons
- to be no small drink
- to be no spring chicken
- to be no starter