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private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement. Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater elegance and refinement. Prescott.

Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

A low-grade actor or performer. [Theatrical Slang]

Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.

Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.

To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart.

An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.

A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly played." Shak. To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.

The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast.

A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.

e others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait De Quincey. Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence,…

Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical. All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.

celebrated, at long but irregular intervals, for three days and nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, and the like. -- Secular music, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. -- Secular hymn or poem, a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games.…

Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden.

Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; --chiefly used depreciatively.

ttractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.

A super. [Theatrical Cant]

A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. [Theatrical Cant]

ocean's roar." Byron. To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] Shak. -- To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. -- To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. -- To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. -- T…