Both Uses of
hysteria
in
Fahrenheit 451
- It was not the hysterical light of electricity but—what?†
p. 5.6hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- The images drained away, as if the water had been let from a gigantic crystal bowl of hysterical fish.†
p. 90.7 *
Definition:
a state of excessive, uncontrollable emotion
In addition to being the adjective form of hysteria, the form hysterical can also indicate that something is exceedingly funny (leading to uncontrollable laughter)