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histrionical

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his⋅tri⋅on⋅ic

  [his-tree-on-ik]
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–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.
Origin:
1640–50; < LL histrōnicus of actors, equiv. to histriōn- (s. of histriō) actor (said to be < Etruscan) + -icus -ic

Related forms:
his⋅tri⋅on⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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his·tri·on·ic   (hĭs'trē-ŏn'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to actors or acting.

  2. Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected.


[Late Latin histriōnicus, from Latin histriō, histriōn-, actor, probably of Etruscan origin.]
his'tri·on'i·cal·ly adv.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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