hysterics en · NOUN
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(form-of, plural) plural of hysteric
form of hysteric
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(plural, plural-only) Synonym of hysteria
But when they went to tread down the earth, it seemed to her like sacrilege; and, forgetting every thing in one strong emotion, she sprang forward to prevent it. The effort was too much; and, for the first time, she sank back in the arms of the servants in strong hysterics!
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Night with the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 317:"How such swooning daughters can do it, constantly fainting and having hysterics, is a mystery to me," said Muriel Jane. "Ho, they're a pretty sly lot," said Silvander Dan.
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 24:
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bg исте́рика (hysteria — see also hysteria) · es histeria (hysteria — see also hysteria) · fi hysteerinen kohtaus (hysteria — see also hysteria) · is stjórnlaust grátkast (hysteria — see also hysteria) · sv hysteri (hysteria — see also hysteria) · fr crise des nerfs (hysteria — see also hysteria) · es histérica (hysteria — see also hysteria) · fr hystérie (hysteria — see also hysteria) · uk істе́рика (hysteria — see also hysteria) · is móðursýkiskast (hysteria — see also hysteria) · cs hysterický záchvat (hysteria — see also hysteria) · ru исте́рика (hysteria — see also hysteria) · is stjórnlaust hláturkast (hysteria — see also hysteria) · hy հիստերիկա (hysteria — see also hysteria) · uk гісте́рика (hysteria — see also hysteria) · ka ისტერიკა (hysteria — see also hysteria) · be гістэ́рыка (hysteria — see also hysteria) · be істэ́рыка (hysteria — see also hysteria) · bg хисте́рика (hysteria — see also hysteria)