actorish
adjEtymology From actor + -ish.
1
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 Picture Magazines, page 82:
1 more example
- 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:
- Synonyms
- actorlike
- Derived terms
- actorishly, actorishness, nonactorish, unactorish