-rama
variant of -orama, occurring as the final element in compounds when the first element is disyllabic and does not end in -r, used so that the entire word maintains the same number of syllables as panorama:
cinerama; telerama.
-rama
noun suffix meaning “spectacular display or instance of,” 1824, abstracted from panorama, ultimately from gk. horama “sight.”
-rama
suffix
used to form nouns a spectacular display or instance of what is indicated: boatarama/ bunsorama/ videorama
[1824+; fr panorama, ultimately fr greek horama, ”sight”]
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