His·tri·on·ic His·tri·on·ic·al, a.
  1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.
  2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense. -- His*tri*on*ic*al*ly, adv.
     Tainted with false and histrionic feeling.   --De Quincey.
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