drammatughi
playwrights
noun drahm-mah-TOOR-ghee Rare
Origin: Greek 'dramatourgos' (drama-worker).
Usage Note
Drammaturghi is the plural of drammaturgo (playwright). The singular drammaturgo is masculine; the feminine is drammaturga. The seed spelling 'drammatughi' is a typo — the correct Italian word is drammaturghi (the 'gh' keeps the hard g before 'i').
Examples
"I grandi drammaturghi del Novecento sono ancora studiati."
Natural Translation
The great playwrights of the twentieth century are still studied.

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