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2 definitions found 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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