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hysterical

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Main Entry:
hys·te·ria Listen to the pronunciation of hysteria Listen to the pronunciation of hysteria
Pronunciation:
\his-ˈter-ē-ə, -ˈtir-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
New Latin, from English hysteric, adjective, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos, from hystera womb; from the Greek notion that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus
Date:
1801
1 : a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions 2 : behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess <political hysteria>
— hys·ter·ic Listen to the pronunciation of hysteric \-ˈter-ik\ noun
— hys·ter·i·cal Listen to the pronunciation of hysterical \-ˈter-i-kəl\ also hysteric adjective
— hys·ter·i·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of hysterically \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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