stagese
(steɪˈdʒiːz)
[f. stage n. + -ese.]
The ‘dialect’ peculiar to the stage.
| 1876 Times 6 Jan. 11/3 Such phrases as..‘I would have speech with thee’..may..be described as accepted stagese. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Dec. 4 The rest mopping and mowing in what was not to be called English but rather stagese. |