stagestruck

or stage-struck

[ steyj-struhk ]

/ ˈsteɪdʒˌstrʌk /

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adjective

obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.

enthralled by the theater and the people, customs, traditions, etc., associated with it.

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Origin of stagestruck

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby stagestruck

stage pocket, stager, stage right, stage screw, stage setting, stagestruck, stage wait, stage whisper, stagey, stagflation, Stagg

How to use stagestruck in a sentence

The three were stagestruck from the time the curtain went up, and all of them forgot their lines.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill|Col. William F. Cody
It was equally true that he was not stagestruck—not, at any rate, in the usual acceptation of that expression.
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories|Willa Cather

British Dictionary definitions for stagestruck

stage-struck

adjective

infatuated with the glamour of theatrical life, esp with the desire to act

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