-orama
English
Etymology
Back-formation from panorama and cyclorama (which are modern coinages, not Greek words), and thus from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāma, “sight”, “spectacle”), in turn evolved from the Proto-Indo-European *wer-, meaning to perceive or look out for.
Suffix
-orama
- Used to form, from one noun, a second meaning "wide view of" the first, or (with ironic reference to the preceding sense) "surfeit of", "overattention to", or "exaggerated praise of" the first.
Usage notes
- The suffix is usually appended without hyphenation, or occasionally with hyphen intended to catch the eye.
- Following a noun ending in a vowel or r sound, the altered form -rama is usually substituted.
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -orama
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