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histrionic

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"Stagey"

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10 lettersPronunciation /hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted chiiinorstStarts with HEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (HISTRIONIC).

Definitions

  1. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected

Word origin

Borrowed from Late Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting; scurrilous, shameful; wretched”), from Latin histriōnicus (“pertaining to acting and the theatre”), from histriō (“actor, player”) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). By surface analysis, histrion + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • [F]oppiſh airs / And hiſtrionic mumm'ry, that let down / The pulpit to the level of the ſtage, / Drops from the lips a diſregarded thing.
  • In the dance, the obsessive-compulsive keeps his mate endlessly frustrated. She, in turn, becomes more histrionic, and as she projects her emotional dirty part into him, he becomes more anal and compulsive.
  • A vicious circle may form in which the more rejected they feel the more histrionic they become, and the more histrionic they become the more rejected they feel.

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