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hysteric

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hys·ter·ic  (h-strk)
n.
1. A person suffering from hysteria.
2. hysterics (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying.
b. An attack of hysteria.
adj.
Hysterical.
[From Latin hystericus, hysterical, from Greek husterikos, from huster, womb (from the former idea that disturbances in the womb caused hysteria).]
hysteric [hɪˈstɛrɪk]
n
a hysterical person
adj
hysterical See also hysterics
[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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hysterichysteric - a person suffering from hysteria    
mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis
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"
hysterical
psychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder


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