All 3 Uses of
hysteria
in
Arrowsmith
- The dining-room was gorgeous and very hideous, in stamped leather and hysterias of gold, with collections of servants watching one's use of asparagus forks.†
Chpt 29
- He flung out his arms in a dry hysteria.†
Chpt 33
- It came to him that Gottlieb, in his secluded innocence, had not realized what it meant to gain leave to experiment amid the hysteria of an epidemic.†
Chpt 34 *
Definition:
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(hysteria) a state of violent mental agitation -- especially uncontrollable fear