histrionize

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verb

To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.

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Meanings

verbhistrionize (third-person singular simple present histrionizes, present participle histrionizing, simple past and past participle histrionized)

present singular third person histrionizes · participle present histrionizing · participle past histrionized · past histrionized

  1. rareTo act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.

    […]the solicitation of the court, and his own recreation, he was pleased to histrionize it

    1652, Thomas Urquhart, The Jewel
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APA

histrionize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histrionize

MLA

“histrionize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histrionize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “histrionize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histrionize.

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