"hysteric" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/ Forms: more hysteric [comparative], most hysteric [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|hystericus}} Latin hystericus, {{der|en|grc|ὑστερικός|t=suffering in the uterus, hysterical}} Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), {{m|grc|ὑστέρα|t=womb}} ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} hysteric (comparative more hysteric, superlative most hysteric)
  1. (medicine) Hysterical; relating to hysteria. Categories (topical): Medicine, People
    Sense id: en-hysteric-en-adj-nto-tfky Disambiguation of People: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hysterick [obsolete]

Noun [English]

IPA: /hɪsˈtɛɹɪk/ Forms: hysterics [plural]
Etymology: From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|hystericus}} Latin hystericus, {{der|en|grc|ὑστερικός|t=suffering in the uterus, hysterical}} Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), {{m|grc|ὑστέρα|t=womb}} ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hysteric (plural hysterics)
  1. A hysterical person. Related terms: hysteria, hysterical
    Sense id: en-hysteric-en-noun-hF6b0Zui
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hysterick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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