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单词 hypochondriast
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hypochondriastn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hypochondria n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: Irregularly < hypochondria n. + -ist suffix, after hypochondriasm n., on the model of other nouns in -ast (as in e.g. enthusiast n.) Compare earlier hypochondriac n. and slightly later hypochondrist n.
Obsolete.
A person affected with hypochondria; a hypochondriac.
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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).
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