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thespian

noun

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈθɛspi.ən/

adj

  1. 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

  1. A person from the ancient Greek city of Thespiae.
  2. 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.