"-orama" meaning in English

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Suffix

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. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|panorama}} Back-formation from panorama, {{der|en|grc|ὅρᾱμᾰ||sight”, “spectacle}} Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāma, “sight”, “spectacle”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wer-}} Proto-Indo-European *wer- Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -orama
  1. 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. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -o-rama, -rama Related terms: cyclorama, diorama, panorama

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