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    Histrionic (?), Histrionical (?) , a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See Histrion.]
   1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.
   
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   2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv.
   
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   Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.
   
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