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1. a. Alt. of Histrionical Source: opted
2. adj. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected Source: wordnet
3. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey. Source: webster
4. j:100 s. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected Source: ecdict

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stage acting affected characteristic performance histrionical alt bad befitting false feeling his relating sense sometimes stageplayer tainted theatre theatrical

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histrion histrionicism histrionics histrionism histrionize

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