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hystericalness

hystericalness noun: the quality of being hysterical.

Noun

hystericalness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being hysterical.
    • I am always alarmed by the misery and hystericalness of his letters — but when one sees him again one can scarcely connect the man with his writing.1987, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Diaries: 1915-18

Origin of hystericalness

From hysterical + -ness.

Questions about hystericalness

What does hystericalness mean?
Hystericalness means the quality of being hysterical.
What part of speech is hystericalness?
Hystericalness is a noun.

Words near hystericalness in the dictionary

  1. hysterical blindnesses
  2. hysterical historical
  3. hysterical historicals
  4. hysterical realism
  5. hysterically
  6. hystericalness
  7. hystericization
  8. hystericizations
  9. hystericize
  10. hystericized
  11. hystericizes

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