histrionic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
    melodramatic.
    • histrionic gestures
    • an attitude of melodramatic despair
    • a theatrical pose

WordNet

His`tri*on"ic, His`tri*on"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Histrionic
  • Histrionical
)
Etymology
L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See Histrion.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913