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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of or relating to actors or acting.
  2. adj. Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pertaining to actors or acting; befitting the stage; theatrical; hence, feigned for effect; unreal.
  2. n. A dramatic performer; a stage-player.
  3. n. plural The art of theatrical representation; dramatic manner or expression: as, the histrionics of a stump-speaker.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of, or relating to actors or acting
  2. adj. Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.
  2. adj. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected

Etymologies

  1. From Late Latin histriōnicus ("pertaining to acting"), from Latin histriō ("actor"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Late Latin histriōnicus, from Latin histriō, histriōn-, actor, probably of Etruscan origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • munjal.upadhyay unreal
    dramebaj Mar 25, 2013

  • Casey "'Back, ladies and gents, back, I beg of you!" The showman's voice was pompous and histrionic." From Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. Sep 26, 2011

  • palooka Sorry jennaren. I have the flu today & my comments are weirder than normal. Feb 11, 2008

  • palooka jennaren? The name sounds slightly familiar. Are you new? Welcome to wordie jennaren! No need for HISTRIONICS! We'll get to know you - all in good time my pretty. Feb 11, 2008

  • jennarenn See histrionically, where I WAS NOT MENTIONED EVEN ONCE!!!!! Feb 11, 2008

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