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单词 hippy
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hippyadj.1

Forms: see hyp n. and -y suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hyp n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < hyp n. + -y suffix1. Compare earlier hippish adj., hipped adj.2
Obsolete.
Affected by or prone to hypochondria; low-spirited or anxious, esp. about one's health; = hippish adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adjective] > unwholesomely
hippish1703
morbid1775
hippy1785
dyspeptic1894
1785 M. Strother Jrnl. 21 Jan. (Brit. Libr. Egerton MS 2479) f. 70 Mr Wilb[erforce]..was so hippy as to fancy his Nose grown so large that he cou'd not see his road in the Street.
1891 Temple Bar Aug. 478 A scolding wife..who led him such an awful life, No wonder he was hippy.
1904 Good Housek. Dec. 664/2 ‘Mrs X— is hyppy,’ she said to me; and by this she means to class Mrs X— as hypochondriacal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018).

hippyadj.2

Brit. /ˈhɪpi/, U.S. /ˈhɪpi/
Forms: see hip n.1 and -y suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hip n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < hip n.1 + -y suffix1.
Esp. of a woman: having large or prominent hips.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > side > [adjective] > hip > types of
hopper-hipped1672
hoppered1704
haunchy1831
hippy1854
lizard-hipped1922
snake-hip1932
1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) xxxix. 393 I'll back our Batsay, big and 'ippy as she is, to beat any two fellers at waitin'.
1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 55 I seen you widening into a thirty-eight... You're getting hippy, girl.
1938 Life 5 Sept. 43 (heading) Hippy girls welcome the form-concealing flattery of hoopskirts.
2016 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 1 Oct. Dorfman..took pictures of her ordinary, hippy figure in the bathroom mirror.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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