hysteric
[hi-ster-ik]
noun
adjective
Origin of hysteric
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Related Words for hysteric
manic, distraught, compulsive, disturbed, obsessive, laughter, levity, hilarity, rejoicing, flare-up, convulsion, madness, furor, temper, fury, violence, bitterness, resentment, excitement, maniaExamples from the Web for hysteric
Contemporary Examples of hysteric
Or, they could distort the contents of the bill and attack anyone who disagreed with them as a legal Luddite and hysteric.
In short, he was still perfectly maintaining that biblical "is he a prophet, is he a hysteric" look.
Historical Examples of hysteric
Gertrude bending over me in hysteric screams—so they told me afterwards.
Shoulder-StrapsHenry Morford
Miss Corelli's force is hysteric, but it is sometimes very real.
My Contemporaries In FictionDavid Christie Murray
After that, evidently the first attack of hysteric character followed.
PsychotherapyHugo Mnsterberg
Red Jim stumbled to his feet with an inarticulate and hysteric exclamation.
Susy, A Story of the PlainsBret Harte
In hysteric inversions of motion is some other part too much stimulated?
Zoonomia, Vol. IIErasmus Darwin
hysteric
noun
adjective
See also hysterics
Word Origin for hysteric
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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hysteric
[hĭ-stĕr′ĭk]
n.
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