Adelphin.

Brit.

/əˈdɛlfi/, U.S.

/əˈdɛlfi/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Adelphi.

Etymology: < Adelphi, the name of a London theatre in the vicinity of, and named after, a group of neoclassical terrace houses between the Strand and the Thames, designed by the Adam brothers (see Adam n.²) < ancient Greek ἀδελϕοί , plural of ἀδελϕός brother (see adelphous adj.).

attributive. Designating plays performed at or in a style characteristic of the Adelphi Theatre in London, esp. (in early use, chiefly in Adelphi screamer) a type of broad comedy or farce; (later) a type of melodrama which was prevalent in the last decades of the 19th cent., typically with the dialogue written in a literary rather than natural, conversational style. Also: of or relating to melodrama of this type.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > comedy > specific

low comedy1608

farce1676

light comedy1698

high comedy1707

comedy of manners1822

comedietta1823

Adelphi screamer1830

commedia dell'arte1877

musical comedy1903

comédie noire1958

alternative comedy1980

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama

melodramatic1789

cloak and sword1806

melodramic1835

cloak and dagger1841

Adelphi1883

lyceum1898

transpontine1901

Grand Guignolesque1908

Grand Guignolish1908

1830 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 2 Jan. 40/1 She appears in a very clever burlesque parody of Beazeley's Adelphi drama.

1835 Figaro in London 10 Jan. 12/1 (advt.) The popular Adelphi Farce, playing nightly with the utmost applause.

1848 Morning Chron. 27 Dec. 5/2 The farce which the playbill printer delights to designate as an ‘Adelphi screamer’, called ‘Slasher and Crasher’.

1856 Caledonian Mercury 25 Feb. It is a farce of the class commonly known as ‘Adelphi screamers’.

1883 D. Cook Nights at Play II. 333 Mr. Sims's ‘Lights o' London’, is a five-act melodrama of the good old Adelphi pattern.

1894 Queen 17 Mar. 432/1 Those who expected that the advent of a new Adelphi dramatist would be marked by a new development in Adelphi drama.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 517/1 The ‘Adelphi’ as opposed to the ‘Drury Lane’ type of drama has recently died out in the West End.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 11/1 There seems to be quite an Adelphi drama air about the business.

1928 G. K. Chesterton Generally Speaking 231 His trouble cannot have been as deep as hell and as shallow as an Adelphi play.

1988 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. 5/1 Terriss's synopsis of an ideal Adelphi melodrama was a combination of all the plots of all the melodramas he had ever played in.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adelphi
释义	Adelphin. Brit. /əˈdɛlfi/, U.S. /əˈdɛlfi/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Adelphi. Etymology: < Adelphi, the name of a London theatre in the vicinity of, and named after, a group of neoclassical terrace houses between the Strand and the Thames, designed by the Adam brothers (see Adam n.²) < ancient Greek ἀδελϕοί , plural of ἀδελϕός brother (see adelphous adj.). attributive. Designating plays performed at or in a style characteristic of the Adelphi Theatre in London, esp. (in early use, chiefly in Adelphi screamer) a type of broad comedy or farce; (later) a type of melodrama which was prevalent in the last decades of the 19th cent., typically with the dialogue written in a literary rather than natural, conversational style. Also: of or relating to melodrama of this type. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > comedy > specific low comedy1608 farce1676 light comedy1698 high comedy1707 comedy of manners1822 comedietta1823 Adelphi screamer1830 commedia dell'arte1877 musical comedy1903 comédie noire1958 alternative comedy1980 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama melodramatic1789 cloak and sword1806 melodramic1835 cloak and dagger1841 Adelphi1883 lyceum1898 transpontine1901 Grand Guignolesque1908 Grand Guignolish1908 1830 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 2 Jan. 40/1 She appears in a very clever burlesque parody of Beazeley's Adelphi drama. 1835 Figaro in London 10 Jan. 12/1 (advt.) The popular Adelphi Farce, playing nightly with the utmost applause. 1848 Morning Chron. 27 Dec. 5/2 The farce which the playbill printer delights to designate as an ‘Adelphi screamer’, called ‘Slasher and Crasher’. 1856 Caledonian Mercury 25 Feb. It is a farce of the class commonly known as ‘Adelphi screamers’. 1883 D. Cook Nights at Play II. 333 Mr. Sims's ‘Lights o' London’, is a five-act melodrama of the good old Adelphi pattern. 1894 Queen 17 Mar. 432/1 Those who expected that the advent of a new Adelphi dramatist would be marked by a new development in Adelphi drama. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 517/1 The ‘Adelphi’ as opposed to the ‘Drury Lane’ type of drama has recently died out in the West End. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 11/1 There seems to be quite an Adelphi drama air about the business. 1928 G. K. Chesterton Generally Speaking 231 His trouble cannot have been as deep as hell and as shallow as an Adelphi play. 1988 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. 5/1 Terriss's synopsis of an ideal Adelphi melodrama was a combination of all the plots of all the melodramas he had ever played in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1830
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