Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hypochondria .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.), rare Hypochondriasis.
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- noun
hypochondriasis
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Examples
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Lincoln had, by this time, outgrown the cruder romantic impulses of hisyouth, when, like Bismarck, he read Byron and suffered from “hypochondriasm,” a form of ostentatious melancholy.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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Lincoln had, by this time, outgrown the cruder romantic impulses of hisyouth, when, like Bismarck, he read Byron and suffered from “hypochondriasm,” a form of ostentatious melancholy.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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Lincoln had, by this time, outgrown the cruder romantic impulses of hisyouth, when, like Bismarck, he read Byron and suffered from “hypochondriasm,” a form of ostentatious melancholy.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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Lincoln had, by this time, outgrown the cruder romantic impulses of hisyouth, when, like Bismarck, he read Byron and suffered from “hypochondriasm,” a form of ostentatious melancholy.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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Lincoln had, by this time, outgrown the cruder romantic impulses of hisyouth, when, like Bismarck, he read Byron and suffered from “hypochondriasm,” a form of ostentatious melancholy.
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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He regretted with his whole soul having entered the house of the Troyas, and, resolving to employ his time better while his hypochondriasm lasted, he made a tour of inspection through the town.
Dona Perfecta Benito P��rez Gald��s 1881
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A famous and witty harlequin of France was overcome with hypochondriasm, and consulted a physician, who, after inquiring about his malady, told his miserable patient, that he knew of no other medicine for him than to take frequent doses of Carlin -- "I am Carlin himself," exclaimed the melancholy man, in despair.
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807
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How are we to describe symptoms which, flowing from one source, yet show themselves in such opposite forms as those of an intermittent fever, a silent delirium, or a horrid hypochondriasm?
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807
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Could one have imagined that the brilliant wit, the luxuriant raillery, and the fine and deep sense of PASCAL, could have combined with the most opposite qualities -- the hypochondriasm and bigotry of an ascetic?
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Isaac Disraeli 1807
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It is sometimes used by writers who have succeeded in their first work, while the failure of their subsequent productions appears to have given them a literary hypochondriasm.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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