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Meaning of hysteric in English
Pronunciation
/həˈstɛrɪk/
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Classifying Adjective
hysteric
Definitions
1.
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
Examples
« during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered- Morris Fishbein »
« hysterical amnesia »
Synonyms
neurotic
psychoneurotic
Noun
hysteric
Etymology
mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek husterikos‘of the womb’, from hustera‘womb’ (hysteria being thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb)
Definitions
1.
a person suffering from hysteria