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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
histrionic
adj : characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often
affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of
melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose" [syn: {melodramatic}]
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