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Histrionic


HISTRION'IC

HISTRION'ICAL, adjective [Latin histrionicus, from histrio, a buffoon, an actor, or stage player.]

Pertaining to a buffoon or comedian, or to a pantomime, who represents events or characters by gestures and dancing; belonging to stage-playing; befitting a theater; theatrical.