Histrionic

Histrionic  [his-tree-AWN-ik]
(adj.)
1. Affectedly overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
2. Pertaining to acting or actors.

(n.)
3. Exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention.
4. An actor.

From “histrionical” From French “histrionique” (pertaining to an actor) from Latin “histrio” from “histrionis” (actor) possibly of Etruscan origin.

Used in a sentence:
“I feel an unwitting histrionic trapped in a most disagreeable sardoodledom penned in a swivet by a fatuous dramaturge.”
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