actorish
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
- His flamboyance was more actorish than anything else.
- It seemed to me that Rockcliffe Fellows, as Randolph, was altogether too actorish. I should have preferred John Bowers, the altogether natural mild villain, in this part. - 1917, Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion...
- Do not be too frightened of making your characters perform exaggerated, actorish gestures. - 2009, Jackie Strachan, Jane Moseley, Fantasy Art Bible, Chartwell, →ISBN, page 97:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin āctorbor. Middle English actour English actor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English actorish From actor + -ish.