histrionize

English

Verb

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

1. (rare) To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
   • 1652, Thomas Urquhart, The Jewel:

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

Related terms

• histrionic