All 6 Uses of
hysteria
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- Sarita said you were hysterical when she and the police found you.†
Chpt 3hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
- Pippa laughs and it's contagious, sending us all into hysterical fits.†
Chpt 13
- "Avert your eyes!" she says in near hysteria, trying desperately to cover herself with the bit of lace and cloth.†
Chpt 15 *
- Pippa says, in hysterics.†
Chpt 28
- One of our girls had a bit of the hysterics, but she seems to be fine now.†
Chpt 29
- Something Pippa has just said starts a fresh round of hysterics.†
Chpt 30
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)