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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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