Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hysterical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hysteric \Hys*ter"ic\, Hysterical \Hys*ter"ic*al\, a. [L.
hystericus, Gr. ?, fr. "yste`ra the womb; perh. akin to ?
latter, later, and E. utter, out.]
Of or pertaining to hysteria; affected, or troubled, with
hysterics; convulsive, fitful.
With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they
preserved their peace and patience. --Bancroft.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hysterical
adj 1: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria;
"during hysterical conditions various functions of the
human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein;
"hysterical amnesia" [syn: {hysteric}]
2: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical
laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
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