I almost hesitate to bring this one up, for fear of where it may go; but what the heck, it's the holiday season.

a discussion of the word hysteria, and it's etymology, often leads to the question: isn't there a word for *male hysteria? [this is the path we don't need to follow!]

my point is that Mrs. Byrne, in her eponymous dictionary, defines the word 'tarassis' as "male hysteria"; my question is: what is her source? -- I've never been able to find this word in a "real" dictionary.

{were we to follow that other path, I could show you a vivid instance of why the OED is considered to be outmoded by some -- but then the OED is a historical dictionary, not synchronic like W3.}