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1. (n.) hysteric
Usu., hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
2. hysteric
a person subject to hysteria.
3. (adj.) hysteric
hysterical.
Etymology: (1650–60; < L hystericus < Gk hysterikós, suffering in the womb, hysterical (reflecting the Greeks' belief that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances in the uterus); see hystero -, -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) hysteric
a person suffering from hysteria
2. (adj) hysteric, hysterical
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
"during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"
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| Definition of 'hysteric' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) hysteric
alt. of Hysterical
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