‖ hysterica passio
(hɪˈstɛrɪkə ˈpæsɪəʊ)
[L., = ‘hysteric passion’. See hysteric.]
= hysteria 1.
| 1603 S. Harsnet Declaration Popish Impostures vi. 25 Maynie had a spice of the Hysterica passio, as seems from his youth. 1605 [see mother n. 13]. 1934 W. B. Yeats King of Gt. Clock Tower 22 But popular rage Hysterica passio dragged this quarry down. 1963 Listener 17 Oct. 626/2 Before watching ‘The Mersey Sound’..I took tranquillizers to forestall a fit of hysterica passio. |