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- adjective Obsolete form of
hypochondriac . - noun Obsolete form of
hypochondriac .
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Examples
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Democritus, that thought to laugh the times into goodness, seems to me as deeply hypochondriack as Heraclitus, that bewailed them.
Religio Medici 2007
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About this time he was afflicted with a very severe return of the hypochondriack disorder, which was ever lurking about him.
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The hypochondriack disorder being mentioned, Dr. Johnson did not think it so common as I supposed.
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About this time he was afflicted with a very severe return of the hypochondriack disorder, which was ever lurking about him.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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The hypochondriack disorder being mentioned, Dr. Johnson did not think it so common as I supposed.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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An hypochondriack obnubilation from wind and indigestion.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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A hypochondriack father, who thought he was dying, and a young girl just growing up to need a kind mother's care, which she had not.
A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852
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There is nothing like a hypochondriack for tough holding out. '
A Red Wallflower Susan Warner 1852
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About this time he was afflicted with a very severe return of the hypochondriack disorder, which was ever lurking about him.
Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 James Boswell 1767
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An hypochondriack obnubilation from wind and indigestion.
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767
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