Definition of "hysteric" []

• A person suffering from hysteria. (noun)
• A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying. (noun)
• An attack of hysteria. (noun)
• Hysterical. (adjective)

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• "Ball 17.38 records a curious case of what he calls hysteric aphonia."
• "Ball records a curious case of what he calls hysteric aphonia."
• "An intriguing analogue to the feminist hysteric is the homosexual activist. "