Adjective: hysteric hi'ste-rik
- Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
"during hysteric conditions various functions of the human body are disordered";
- hysterical
- A person suffering from hysteria
"The hysteric's emotional outbursts were difficult for others to handle"
Derived forms: hysterics
See also: neurotic, psychoneurotic
Type of: mental case [informal], neurotic, psychoneurotic
Encyclopedia: Hysteric