melodrame
/ˈmɛlə(ʊ)dram/ /ˈmɛlə(u)drɑːm/(also mélodrame)
noun
A melodrama; the genre comprising musical drama of this type. Also (occasionally): the musical accompaniment of any variety performance.
- Now chiefly a theatrical term, in which the notion of a musical element is retained. The word appears not to have developed the wider application of melodrama to sensational drama of any kind..
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in untitled. From French mélodrame from mélo- + drame, after Italian melodramma.
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