thespian
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈθɛspi.ən/
adj
- Alternative letter-case form of thespian.
“Went to that magnificent Temple of Thalia, the New Olympic, and saw the bewitchingest Pauline, in the person of Winifred Emery, that ever I saw in the shammiest, stagiest, tawdriest, tinsellest, transparentest, most diaphanously theatrical comedy I ever saw in the absolute period of my Thespian existence.”
“He stopped, and smiled, his blond hair, male-model good looks, and his ponytail giving away his Thespian dreams.”
noun
- A person from the ancient Greek city of Thespiae.
- Alternative letter-case form of thespian.
“In his way Carlyle was as much of a Thespian as Garrick or Kemble, Booth or Jeferson.”
“Now, I don’t think you’ve met Melissa Wayne, a fellow Thespian.”