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English Dictionary: Histrionic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
histrionic
adj
  1. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
    Synonym(s): histrionic, melodramatic
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.
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