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hysteric definition

hys·teric (hi ster′ik)

adjective

hysterical

Etymology: L hystericus < Gr hysterikos, suffering in the womb, hysterical < hystera, uterus: from the ancient notion that women were hysterical more often than men

noun

  1. a hysterical fit; hysteria (sense )
  2. a person subject to hysteria

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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