Dictionary.com

-orama

Save This Word!

a combining form extracted from panorama, diorama, or cyclorama, occurring as the final element in compounds, often nonce words used in advertising or journalism. Though the semantic content of the compound is often lent solely by the initial element, the entire formation generally denotes a display or spectacle, or the space, such as a store or hall, containing these: audiorama; scoutorama; smellorama.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?
Also -ama, -arama, -rama.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use -orama in a sentence

  • I had said my last good-byes, and as the Orama left port we heard of the declaration of war by Austria against Serbia.

  • Against the Dresden—a very worthy sister of the Emden—the very best we could muster was the armed merchantman, Orama.

    Stories of the Ships|Lewis R. Freeman
  • The Glasgow and Orama came up from the south-west, and presently the Kent appeared hurrying up from the south-east.

  • They seemed like the Orama of the Greeks,—prophets while phantasma.

    Zanoni|Edward Bulwer Lytton
FEEDBACK