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histrionic, a. and n.|hɪstrɪˈɒnɪk|
[ad. late L. histriōnic-us, f. histriōn-em; cf. F. histrionique (1769 in Littré).]
A. adj.
1. Of or belonging to stage-players, or to play-acting; theatrical; dramatic.
1759Dilworth Pope 91 The favourite passion of the histrionic tribe. 1774Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry lii. III. 285 In consequence of his love and his knowledge of the histrionick art, he taught the choristers over which he presided to act plays. 1867Cornh. Mag. Jan. 31 He can also boast decent histrionic talents.
2. Theatrical in character or style, ‘stagey’; also fig. ‘acting a part’, hypocritical, deceitful.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche xx. (R.), The crisp'd, perfum'd, belac'd, befooled Wights, Jetting in histrionick pride I saw. 1679Hobbes Behemoth (1840) 363 The Presbyterian preachers..by a long practised histrionic faculty, preached up the rebellion powerfully. 1784Cowper Task ii. 563 Foppish airs And histrionic mumm'ry, that let down The pulpit to the level of the stage. 1889Globe 7 Mar., Yesterday's histrionic proceedings.
3. Path. histrionic paralysis (see quot.). histrionic spasm, spasm of the facial muscles.
1886Syd. Soc. Lex., Histrionic spasm. 1893Ibid., Paralysis, histrionic, Bell's facial palsy, so named because the power of facial expression is lost.
B. n.
1. A stage-player, actor. Also fig.
1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 256 Costumes..ready for the histrionics who are to wear them. 1860All Year Rnd. No. 75. 595 Commend me..to this matchless histrionic!
2. pl. Play-acting, theatricals; theatrical arts; acting (of a part), pretence.
1864Sat. Rev. XVII. 515/1 We have theatres in London..not worse than the special Stratford histrionics. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens i. 11 He loved the theatre and everything which savoured of histrionics. 1890Times 10 Mar. 9/1 As a matter of common decorum or of satisfactory histrionics. |