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Definition of Histrionical

Histrionical
Histrionic His`tri*on"ic, Histrionical His`tri*on"ic*al, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See Histrion.] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey.

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- Look up histrionic or histrionics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Histrionic may refer to: related to or reminiscent of (theatrical) acting, or acting...
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- autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams...
- the point that anyone around him who so much as flinches looks hammily histrionic." Interviewers Richard Thompson and Tim Hunter commented that Eastwood's...
- for someone who better aligned with The Undertaker's "deadman" themes. Histrionic, wailing and ghostly in character, Bearer complemented The Undertaker...
- disapproving, mani****tive mother, Livia (Nancy Marchand), his aimless, histrionic older sister Janice (Aida Turturro), his crafty, paternal uncle Corrado...
- promise of salvation?" It was understated, in the Lombard manner, not histrionic in the Roman manner of the time. It was followed by others in the same...
- II: the Kaiser's personal monarchy, 1888–1900 (2004). On the Kaiser's "histrionic personality disorder", see Tipton (2003), pp. 243–245 Röhl, J. C. G. (September...