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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hysteric/hɪˈstɛrɪk/

▶noun

1 (hysterics) informal wildly emotional behaviour.
■ uncontrollable laughter.

2 a person suffering from hysteria.

▶adjective another term for hysterical.

– origin C17: via L. from Gk husterikos ‘of the womb’, from hustera ‘womb’ (hysteria being thought to be assoc. with the womb).

'hysterics' also found in these Oxford entries:

conniption - hissy fit - hysteric

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