hypochondriacal
hypochondriacal adjective: coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
Adjective
hypochondriacal (comparative more hypochondriacal, superlative most hypochondriacal)
- Coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
- Fracastorius, Fallopius, and others, being to give their sentence of a party labouring of hypochondriacal melancholy, could not find out by the symptoms which part was most especially affected […]., I.iii.2.2
- Suffering from hypochondria.
- […] the hypochondriacal British ceramist William De Morgan, who spent winters in Florence for his health while gradually bankrupting his business back home producing iridescent mythological scenes on tiles, vases and plates.2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in New York Times
Forms of hypochondriacal
| comparative | more hypochondriacal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hypochondriacal |
Origin of hypochondriacal
From hypochondriac + -al.
Words formed from hypochondriacal
Questions about hypochondriacal
- What does hypochondriacal mean?
- Hypochondriacal means coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
- What part of speech is hypochondriacal?
- Hypochondriacal is an adjective.
Words near hypochondriacal in the dictionary
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