Definition of Histrios

1. histrio [n] - See also: histrio

Lexicographical Neighbors of Histrios

histrionic
histrionic personality
histrionic personality disorder
histrionic spasm
histrionical
histrionically
histrionicism
histrionick
histrionics
histrionism
histrionisms
histrionize
histrionized
histrionizing
histrions
histrios (current term)
hists
hit-and-miss
hit-and-run
hit-and-run(a)
hit-by-pitch
hit-or-miss
hit-out
hit-outs
hit-skip
hit a home run
hit a nerve
hit a raw nerve
hit a six

Literary usage of Histrios

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"and, what was peculiar and notable in this year for the first time, the Kings all made haste to go, as exclaiming, ' We are poor histrios, we sure enough; ..."

2. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1850)
"... the Kings all made haste to go, as if exclaiming, ' We are poor histrios, we sure enough ;—did you want heroes ? Don't kill us, we couldn't help it ! ..."

3. Latter-day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle (1901)
"—and, what was peculiar and notable in this year for the first time, the Kings all made haste to go, as if exclaiming, " We are poor histrios, ..."

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