单词 | hypochondriast |
释义 | † hypochondriastn. Obsolete. A person affected with hypochondria; a hypochondriac. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > melancholia > person melancholist1600 hypochondriac1639 melancholico1652 hypochondriacal1694 hypochondrist1803 hypochondriast1809 melancholiac1863 melancholic1870 1809 S. T. Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. ii in Friend 7 Dec. 251 The happiest illustrations of general truths..from the Fools and Clowns of Shakespeare, or from the Miser, Hypochondriast and Hypocrite of Moliere. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 133 I have not found it at all, except as an Hypochondriast finds Glass Legs. 1834 New Monthly Mag. 41 487 In this dark and solitary room, the ‘misanthrope’ and ‘hypochondriast’ might hug Despair, and call the dæmon ‘friend!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809 |
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