hysterical

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; - Morris Fishbein
  2. adjective marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion

Etymology

From hysteric + -al, from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ῠ̔στέρᾱ (hŭstérā, “womb”).

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