hysteric

hys·ter·ic

H0372400 (hĭ-stĕr′ĭk)n.1. hysterics(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying.2. A person suffering from hysteria. No longer in clinical use.

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[From Latin hystericus, hysterical, from Greek husterikos, from husterā, womb (from the former idea that disturbances in the womb caused hysteria).]

hysteric

(hɪˈstɛrɪk) na hysterical personadjhysterical[C17: from Latin hystericus literally: of the womb, from Greek husterikos, from hustera the womb; from the belief that hysteria in women originated in disorders of the womb]

hys•ter•ic

(hɪˈstɛr ɪk)

n. 1. Usu., hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria. 2. a person subject to hysteria. adj. 3. hysterical. [1650–60; < Latin hystericus < Greek hysterikós, suffering in the womb, hysterical (reflecting the Greeks' belief that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances in the uterus); see hystero-, -ic]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hysteric - a person suffering from hysteria mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis
Adj.	1.	hysteric - characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia"hystericalpsychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder

Translations

hysterischisterico