hysteric

Etymology

From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”).

adj

1. (medicine) Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
   We also find gamblers of this type among some frigid hysteric women, who seem to treat gambling as they treat men, coldly and spongingly. 1969, Edmund Bergler, Selected Papers of Edmund Bergler, 1933-1961, page 697

noun

1. A hysterical person.
   “Which girl was it now?” he asks a second time. ¶ “Oh, you know, the hysteric,” Eleanor says, “the one who was parading her bazooms in your face.” 1956, Norman Mailer, The Man Who Studied Yoga