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01-28-2009, 09:36 AM
dramatis personae
PRONUNCIATION:(DRAM-uh-tis puhr-SO-nee)
MEANING:noun:
1. The characters in a play or story.
2. The people involved in an event.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin dramatis personae (persons of the drama), from drama (play) + persona (mask, character in a play, person).
USAGE:"The same scene would replay itself again in 2008 with a slight change in the dramatis personae."
Kofi Amenyo; Can the NPP Ever Elect A Non-Twi Speaker; Ghana News; Jan 12, 2009.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
PRONUNCIATION:(DRAM-uh-tis puhr-SO-nee)
MEANING:noun:
1. The characters in a play or story.
2. The people involved in an event.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin dramatis personae (persons of the drama), from drama (play) + persona (mask, character in a play, person).
USAGE:"The same scene would replay itself again in 2008 with a slight change in the dramatis personae."
Kofi Amenyo; Can the NPP Ever Elect A Non-Twi Speaker; Ghana News; Jan 12, 2009.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)