HISTRIONIC
\hˌɪstɹɪˈɒnɪk], \hˌɪstɹɪˈɒnɪk], \h_ˌɪ_s_t_ɹ_ɪ__ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of HISTRIONIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
By Princeton University
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characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to the stage; theatrical.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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