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hysterickal

hysterickal is the obsolete form of hysterical.

Meaning of hysterical

Adjective

hysterical (comparative more hysterical, superlative most hysterical)

  1. Of, or arising from hysteria.
    • Henrietta gasped for breath; but she swallowed down the hysterical emotion, and signed with her hand for Walter to go on.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 221
  2. Having, or prone to having hysterics.
  3. Provoking uncontrollable laughter.
    • She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Forms of hysterickal

comparativemore hysterickal
superlativemost hysterickal

Questions about hysterickal

What is hysterickal the obsolete form of?
Hysterickal is the obsolete form of hysterical.

Words near hysterickal in the dictionary

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

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