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hysterick

hysterick is the obsolete form of hysteric.

Meaning of hysteric

Adjective

hysteric (comparative more hysteric, superlative most hysteric)

  1. Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
    • Yes, my dravving-room is an abſolute regiſter-office for candidate actors, and poets vvithout character;—then to be continually alarmed vvith Miſſes and Ma'ams piping hiſteric changes on Juliets and Dorindas, Pollys and Ophelias; […]1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic: Or A Tragedy Rehearsed […], London: […] T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, pages 4–5

See all 2 meanings of hysteric

Forms of hysterick

Adjective
comparativemore hysterick
superlativemost hysterick
Noun
pluralhystericks

Questions about hysterick

What is hysterick the obsolete form of?
Hysterick is the obsolete form of hysteric.

Words near hysterick in the dictionary

  1. hystericizations
  2. hystericize
  3. hystericized
  4. hystericizes
  5. hystericizing
  6. hysterick
  7. hysterickal
  8. hystericks
  9. hystericky
  10. hysterics
  11. hysteritis

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