histèria
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin histeria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus.
Pronunciation
Noun
histèria f (plural histèries)
- (pathology) hysteria
- (informal) hysteria, nervous excitement
Related terms
Further reading
- “histèria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007