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histrionise

histrionise is the alternative form of histrionize.

Meaning of histrionize

Verb

histrionize (third-person singular simple present histrionizes, present participle histrionizing, simple past and past participle histrionized)

  1. (rare) To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
    • […]the solicitation of the court, and his own recreation, he was pleased to histrionize it1652, Thomas Urquhart, The Jewel

Forms of histrionise

third-person singular presenthistrionises
present participlehistrionising
past participlehistrionised
pasthistrionised

Questions about histrionise

What is histrionise the alternative form of?
Histrionise is the alternative form of histrionize.

Words near histrionise in the dictionary

  1. histrionicity
  2. histrionick
  3. histrionicotoxin
  4. histrionicotoxins
  5. histrionics
  6. histrionise
  7. histrionised
  8. histrionises
  9. histrionising
  10. histrionism
  11. histrionisms

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