histrionicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhɪstrɪˈɒnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhɪstriˈɑnɪk/

Forms: 1600s histrionicke, 1600s–1700s histrionick, 1600s– histrionic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin histriōnicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin histriōnicus of or connected with the theatre (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also scurrilous (12th or 13th cent.), shameful, wretched (c1530) < histriōn- , histriō histrio n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare earlier histrionical adj.

A. adj.

1. Theatrical or dramatic in character or style; esp. excessively theatrical, melodramatic, stagy. Also: characterized by pretence or deceit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > of actions or things

histrionicalc1553

scenical1564

mimic1591

histrionic1627

scenic1638

theatric1656

theatrical1709

agonistic1833

stagy1860

actressy1893

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > theatrical in nature

histrionicalc1553

histrionic1627

pageant1634

theatrical1649

semblant1726

theatric1816

play-acting1875

1627 P. Forbes Eubulus vii. 104 The Worship of God, (Who will bee worshipped, in Spirit, and Trueth) in a prophane Histrionicke Farce.

1679 T. Hobbes Behemoth (unauthorized ed.) 167 The Presbyterian Preachers..by a long practis'd Histrionick Faculty, preached up the Rebellion powerfully.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xx. lxxxi. 302 The crisp'd, perfum'd, belac'd, befooled Weights, Jetting in histrionick Pride I saw.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 563 Foppish airs And histrionic mumm'ry, that let down The pulpit to the level of the stage.

1856 Nat. Rev. Oct. 461 If the universe and God set the example of being scenical, what shall hinder religion from becoming histrionic?

1889 Globe 7 Mar. Yesterday's histrionic proceedings.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 4 His histrionic, self-deceiving temperament.

1997 R. Dawkins in Observer 16 Nov. 34/5 Think how juries bring out the worst in histrionic, gallery-playing lawyers.

2. Of or relating to actors or acting; theatrical, dramatic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective]

scenical?a1475

theatrical1558

theatral1594

histrionical1599

scenic1623

histrionic1656

thymelical1656

theatric1706

scenary1730

footlight1824

thymelic1849

showish1874

du théâtre1895

stagy1895

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [adjective]

histrionical1599

histrionic1656

personative1789

play-actoring1823

impersonative1851

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Histrionick, player-like, fit for, or belonging to a Stage-Player, or Stage-play.

1699 tr. J. B. Bossuet Maxims & Refl. upon Plays xxv. 83 The Profit brought in by persons Prostituting their Bodies, and the Histrionick Trade.

1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 91 The favourite passion of the histrionic tribe.

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxxiv. 285 In consequence of his love and his knowledge of the histrionic art, he taught the choristers over which he presided to act plays.

1821 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Sept. 2/5 Messrs. Addison and Kennedy, in the characters of Percy and Hassan, who winged their unfledged pinions upon this our provincial stage in pursuit of histrionic fame.

1867 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 31 He can also boast decent histrionic talents.

1938 W. Watson Miss Pettigrew lives for Day iv. 47 ‘You're on the stage yourself?’ queried Miss Pettigrew, tactfully leading the subject from her own histrionic powers.

1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 828 Upstairs, the fringe theatre carries on the histrionic tradition.

3. Medicine. Designating the muscles of facial expression, innervated by the facial nerve; of or relating to these muscles; = mimetic adj. 7, mimic adj. 4. Esp. in histrionic paralysis, histrionic spasm. Now rare or disused.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > paralysis of other parts

stag-evil1696

histrionic paralysis1853

glossoplegia1854

spinal shock1898

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles

dog spasm1615

wry-mouth1661

risus sardonius1663

lifeblood1733

locked jaw1754

laryngismus1822

podism1858

blepharospasm1872

Saturday night palsy1887

wrist clonus1888

cardiospasm1896

pylorospasm1898

wrist jerk1899

histrionic spasm1912

main d'accoucheur1926

twister's cramp-

1853 E. Sieveking tr. M. H. Romberg Man. Nerv. Dis. II. 289 This serves to distinguish masticatory from histrionic paralysis [Ger. mimische Gesichtslähmung].

1871 C. B. Radcliffe et al. On Dis. Spine & Nerves 170 This most interesting local paralysis is known under different names, of which the more commonly employed are Facial Hemiplegia, Histrionic Paralysis, Bell's Palsy, and Paralysis of the Portio-dura.

1874 J. T. Dickson Sci. & Pract. Med. 86 The contortion of features and the furious expression of face presented by maniacs is the uncontrollable play of the histrionic muscles.

1912 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Mar. 593/1 Latterly any movements of the face or jaws would bring on the neuralgia, which was associated with histrionic spasm.

4. Psychology. Designating a personality disorder characterized by overdramatic and excitable behaviour, the expression of strong but shallow and changeable emotions, and a need for constant approval and attention; characteristic of or exhibiting such a disorder.

ΚΠ

1965 Diagnostic & Statist. Man. Mental Disorders (Suppl.) (Amer. Psychiatric Assoc.) 137 Histrionic personality disorder.

1983 N.Y. Mag. 17 Jan. 30/1 He seems to have had the psychiatric disorder once known as hysteria and today called histrionic personality disorder.

1996 C. V. Ford Lies! Lies!! Lies!!! vi. 114 Women with histrionic personalities are often strikingly seductive.

2009 D. A. Polk & J. T. Mitchell Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies & Crisis Response ix. 249 Histrionic individuals are usually seen as dramatic and theatrical because of their excessive reactions and mannerisms.

B. n.

†1. An actor. Also: a person who behaves in a theatrical or stagy manner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]

playera1400

game-player1533

comedy player1550

stage-player1561

actor1566

histrion?1566

comediant1568

representer1579

stager1580

presentera1586

histrio1589

stageman1589

gamester1596

player-man1596

Roscius1600

stagerite1602

theaterian1602

comedian1603

scenic1612

representant1622

play-actor1633

parta1643

histrionic1647

representator1653

artist1714

mummer1773

actor-manager1826

Thespian1827

impersonator1830

personifier1835

player-manager1895

thesp1962

luvvie1988

1647 G. Hughes in R. Head Three-fold Cord To Rdr. sig. A2 Histrionicks, Athenian and wanton Readers, are taken up with Play-Bookes, Newes-Bookes, and Scandalous Pamphlets.

1826 Atheneum: Spirit of Eng. Mags. 15 Aug. 407/2 Cooke and Incledon, after playing at the Richmond Theatre, retired to the Star and Garter to sup together. The convivial habits of these two histrionics are well known.

1860 All Year Round 29 Sept. 595 Commend me..to this matchless histrionic!

1884 B. J. Webb Centenary Catholicity in Kentucky xlvii. 524 Miss Mary Anderson, now so famous as a histrionic, is the grand-niece of the former assistant pastor.

2. With the. That which is histrionic (in sense A. 1).

ΚΠ

1876 Presbyterian Q. Oct. 698 He had, too, a power of graphically depicting these things, which, with a touch of the histrionic, never failed to be vivid and magnetic.

1959 German Q. 32 37 The teacher is willing to combine pedagogy with a touch of the histrionic.

1963 E. P. Thompson Making Eng. Working Class i. v. 127 (note) The excess of the histrionic in Margarot's character appears to be borne out by his subsequent history.

2009 C. Homer Rising China & its Postmodern Fate viii. 150 There may be something of the melodramatic and even of the histrionic in analyses of this sort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	histrionic
释义	histrionicadj.n. Brit. /ˌhɪstrɪˈɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɪstriˈɑnɪk/ Forms: 1600s histrionicke, 1600s–1700s histrionick, 1600s– histrionic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin histriōnicus. Etymology: < classical Latin histriōnicus of or connected with the theatre (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also scurrilous (12th or 13th cent.), shameful, wretched (c1530) < histriōn- , histriō histrio n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare earlier histrionical adj. A. adj. 1. Theatrical or dramatic in character or style; esp. excessively theatrical, melodramatic, stagy. Also: characterized by pretence or deceit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > of actions or things histrionicalc1553 scenical1564 mimic1591 histrionic1627 scenic1638 theatric1656 theatrical1709 agonistic1833 stagy1860 actressy1893 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > theatrical in nature histrionicalc1553 histrionic1627 pageant1634 theatrical1649 semblant1726 theatric1816 play-acting1875 1627 P. Forbes Eubulus vii. 104 The Worship of God, (Who will bee worshipped, in Spirit, and Trueth) in a prophane Histrionicke Farce. 1679 T. Hobbes Behemoth (unauthorized ed.) 167 The Presbyterian Preachers..by a long practis'd Histrionick Faculty, preached up the Rebellion powerfully. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xx. lxxxi. 302 The crisp'd, perfum'd, belac'd, befooled Weights, Jetting in histrionick Pride I saw. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 563 Foppish airs And histrionic mumm'ry, that let down The pulpit to the level of the stage. 1856 Nat. Rev. Oct. 461 If the universe and God set the example of being scenical, what shall hinder religion from becoming histrionic? 1889 Globe 7 Mar. Yesterday's histrionic proceedings. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 4 His histrionic, self-deceiving temperament. 1997 R. Dawkins in Observer 16 Nov. 34/5 Think how juries bring out the worst in histrionic, gallery-playing lawyers. 2. Of or relating to actors or acting; theatrical, dramatic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] scenical?a1475 theatrical1558 theatral1594 histrionical1599 scenic1623 histrionic1656 thymelical1656 theatric1706 scenary1730 footlight1824 thymelic1849 showish1874 du théâtre1895 stagy1895 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [adjective] histrionical1599 histrionic1656 personative1789 play-actoring1823 impersonative1851 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Histrionick, player-like, fit for, or belonging to a Stage-Player, or Stage-play. 1699 tr. J. B. Bossuet Maxims & Refl. upon Plays xxv. 83 The Profit brought in by persons Prostituting their Bodies, and the Histrionick Trade. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 91 The favourite passion of the histrionic tribe. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxxiv. 285 In consequence of his love and his knowledge of the histrionic art, he taught the choristers over which he presided to act plays. 1821 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Sept. 2/5 Messrs. Addison and Kennedy, in the characters of Percy and Hassan, who winged their unfledged pinions upon this our provincial stage in pursuit of histrionic fame. 1867 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 31 He can also boast decent histrionic talents. 1938 W. Watson Miss Pettigrew lives for Day iv. 47 ‘You're on the stage yourself?’ queried Miss Pettigrew, tactfully leading the subject from her own histrionic powers. 1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 828 Upstairs, the fringe theatre carries on the histrionic tradition. 3. Medicine. Designating the muscles of facial expression, innervated by the facial nerve; of or relating to these muscles; = mimetic adj. 7, mimic adj. 4. Esp. in histrionic paralysis, histrionic spasm. Now rare or disused. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > paralysis of other parts stag-evil1696 histrionic paralysis1853 glossoplegia1854 spinal shock1898 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles dog spasm1615 wry-mouth1661 risus sardonius1663 lifeblood1733 locked jaw1754 laryngismus1822 podism1858 blepharospasm1872 Saturday night palsy1887 wrist clonus1888 cardiospasm1896 pylorospasm1898 wrist jerk1899 histrionic spasm1912 main d'accoucheur1926 twister's cramp- 1853 E. Sieveking tr. M. H. Romberg Man. Nerv. Dis. II. 289 This serves to distinguish masticatory from histrionic paralysis [Ger. mimische Gesichtslähmung]. 1871 C. B. Radcliffe et al. On Dis. Spine & Nerves 170 This most interesting local paralysis is known under different names, of which the more commonly employed are Facial Hemiplegia, Histrionic Paralysis, Bell's Palsy, and Paralysis of the Portio-dura. 1874 J. T. Dickson Sci. & Pract. Med. 86 The contortion of features and the furious expression of face presented by maniacs is the uncontrollable play of the histrionic muscles. 1912 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Mar. 593/1 Latterly any movements of the face or jaws would bring on the neuralgia, which was associated with histrionic spasm. 4. Psychology. Designating a personality disorder characterized by overdramatic and excitable behaviour, the expression of strong but shallow and changeable emotions, and a need for constant approval and attention; characteristic of or exhibiting such a disorder. ΚΠ 1965 Diagnostic & Statist. Man. Mental Disorders (Suppl.) (Amer. Psychiatric Assoc.) 137 Histrionic personality disorder. 1983 N.Y. Mag. 17 Jan. 30/1 He seems to have had the psychiatric disorder once known as hysteria and today called histrionic personality disorder. 1996 C. V. Ford Lies! Lies!! Lies!!! vi. 114 Women with histrionic personalities are often strikingly seductive. 2009 D. A. Polk & J. T. Mitchell Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies & Crisis Response ix. 249 Histrionic individuals are usually seen as dramatic and theatrical because of their excessive reactions and mannerisms. B. n. †1. An actor. Also: a person who behaves in a theatrical or stagy manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] playera1400 game-player1533 comedy player1550 stage-player1561 actor1566 histrion?1566 comediant1568 representer1579 stager1580 presentera1586 histrio1589 stageman1589 gamester1596 player-man1596 Roscius1600 stagerite1602 theaterian1602 comedian1603 scenic1612 representant1622 play-actor1633 parta1643 histrionic1647 representator1653 artist1714 mummer1773 actor-manager1826 Thespian1827 impersonator1830 personifier1835 player-manager1895 thesp1962 luvvie1988 1647 G. Hughes in R. Head Three-fold Cord To Rdr. sig. A2 Histrionicks, Athenian and wanton Readers, are taken up with Play-Bookes, Newes-Bookes, and Scandalous Pamphlets. 1826 Atheneum: Spirit of Eng. Mags. 15 Aug. 407/2 Cooke and Incledon, after playing at the Richmond Theatre, retired to the Star and Garter to sup together. The convivial habits of these two histrionics are well known. 1860 All Year Round 29 Sept. 595 Commend me..to this matchless histrionic! 1884 B. J. Webb Centenary Catholicity in Kentucky xlvii. 524 Miss Mary Anderson, now so famous as a histrionic, is the grand-niece of the former assistant pastor. 2. With the. That which is histrionic (in sense A. 1). ΚΠ 1876 Presbyterian Q. Oct. 698 He had, too, a power of graphically depicting these things, which, with a touch of the histrionic, never failed to be vivid and magnetic. 1959 German Q. 32 37 The teacher is willing to combine pedagogy with a touch of the histrionic. 1963 E. P. Thompson Making Eng. Working Class i. v. 127 (note) The excess of the histrionic in Margarot's character appears to be borne out by his subsequent history. 2009 C. Homer Rising China & its Postmodern Fate viii. 150 There may be something of the melodramatic and even of the histrionic in analyses of this sort. 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