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hys·ter·ic
(hĭ-stĕr′ĭk)n.
1. hysterics(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying.
2. A person suffering from hysteria. No longer in clinical use.
[From Latin hystericus, hysterical, from Greek husterikos, from husterā, womb (from the former idea that disturbances in the womb caused hysteria).]
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hysteric
(hɪˈstɛrɪk)n
a hysterical person
adj
hysterical
[C17: from Latin hystericus literally: of the womb, from Greek husterikos, from hustera the womb; from the belief that hysteria in women originated in disorders of the womb]
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hys•ter•ic
(hɪˈstɛr ɪk)n.
1. Usu., hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
2. a person subject to hysteria.
adj. 3. hysterical.
[1650–60; < Latin hystericus < Greek 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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Noun | 1. | hysteric - a person suffering from hysteria |
Adj. | 1. | hysteric - characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia" psychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder |
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hys·ter·ic
, hystericala. histérico-a, rel. a la histeria o que padece de ella;
a. histéricamente;
v.
to get ___ → ponerse ___;
___ laughter → risa ___.
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