hysteric

[ hi-ster-ik ]
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noun
  1. Usually hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.

  2. a person subject to hysteria.

adjective

Origin of hysteric

1
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

Other words from hysteric

  • an·ti·hys·ter·ic, noun, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for hysteric

hysteric

/ (hɪˈstɛrɪk) /


noun
  1. a hysterical person

adjective
  1. hysterical

Origin of hysteric

1
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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