Nearby Words
adjective Also, his·tri·on·i·cal.
1.
of or pertaining to actors or acting.
2.
deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
noun
3.
an actor.
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Histrionic
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin histrōnicus of actors, equivalent to histriōn- (stem of histriō) actor (said to be < Etruscan ) + -icus -ic
1640–50; < Late Latin histrōnicus of actors, equivalent to histriōn- (stem of histriō) actor (said to be < Etruscan ) + -icus -ic
Related forms
his·tri·on·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·his·tri·on·ic, adjective
non·his·tri·on·i·cal, adjective
non·his·tri·on·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·his·tri·on·i·cal·ness, noun
EXPANDun·his·tri·on·ic, adjective
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Example Sentences
- She is indeed a menace, cleverly disguised as a histrionic, self-centered belle from Georgia.
- Her sense of humor carries over into her singing, which is fearlessly histrionic with a strong element of self-parody.
- It's just a histrionic and inaccurate way to say they think taxes are too high.
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Word Origin & History
histrionic
1648, from L. histrionicus "pertaining to an actor," from histrio (gen. histrionis) "actor," said to be of Etruscan origin.
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