单词 | hippy |
释义 | † hippyadj.1 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 Esp. of a woman: having large or prominent hips. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.11785adj.21854 |
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