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hysteric (adj.)

1650s, "hysterical; relating to or affected with hysteria; emotionally disordered and frantic," from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos "belonging to the womb" (see hysterical, which is the more common adjective). As a noun, "one who is hysterical," from 1751.

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Definitions of hysteric from WordNet
1
hysteric (n.)
a person suffering from hysteria;
2
hysteric (adj.)
characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein;
Synonyms: hysterical
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