Hysterics
[hi-ster-ik] /hɪˈstɛr ɪk/
noun
1.
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; .
2.
a person subject to .
adjective
3.
.
/hɪˈstɛrɪks/
noun (functioning as pl or singular)
1.
an attack of hysteria
2.
(informal) wild uncontrollable bursts of laughter
/hɪˈstɛrɪk/
noun
1.
a hysterical person
adjective
2.
hysterical
n.
1727, from hysterical. Sometimes in 19c. jocularly folk-etymologized as high-strikes (1838).
adj.
1650s, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos “belonging to the womb” (see hysterical). As a noun from 1751.
hysteric hys·ter·ic (hĭ-stěr’ĭk)
n.
Read Also:
- Hystero-
1. a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words: hysterotomy. combining form 1. indicating the uterus: hysterotomy 2. hysteria: hysterogenic hystero- or hyster- pref.
- Hysterocatalepsy
hysterocatalepsy hys·ter·o·cat·a·lep·sy (hĭs’tə-rō-kāt’l-ěp’sē) n. Hysteria with cataleptic manifestations.
- Hysterocele
hysterocele hys·ter·o·cele (hĭs’tə-rō-sēl’) n.
- Hysterocleisis
hysterocleisis hys·ter·o·clei·sis (hĭs’tə-rō-klī’sĭs) n. pl. hys·ter·o·clei·ses (-sēz’) Surgical occlusion of the uterus.
- Hysterodynia
hysterodynia hys·ter·o·dyn·i·a (hĭs’tə-rō-dĭn’ē-ə) n. See hysteralgia.