Definition of Hippish

1. Adjective. Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hippish

1. depressed; sad [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippish

hippiefied
hippieish
hippielike
hippiemobile
hippieness
hippienesses
hippier
hippies
hippiest
hippin
hippiness
hippinesses
hipping
hippings
hippins
hippish (current term)
hippity-hop
hippo
hippo-
hippo flies
hippo fly
hippobosca
hippoboscid
hippoboscids
hippocalcin
hippocamp
hippocampal
hippocampal commissure
hippocampal fissure

Literary usage of Hippish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"... downcast, desponding, down-hearted, lo\v -spirited, cast down, in the dumps, down in the mouth, out of sorts, lackadaisical, atrabilious, blu*. hippish. ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"334) may very well have been formed the word hipped, ie beaten, foiled ; but this word was sooner or later connected wiih hypochondria ; see hippish. ..."

3. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Sir Credulous hippish — Griffin : Doctor Mummy=Johnson: Looby Headpiece (his nephew) = Gibber Jun.: Beaumont (in love with Belina) = W. Mills : Heartly ..."

4. Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Cf. Quill below. , Hypochondria was once in such common use that it produced the derivatives hipped and hippish. The NED, to my surprise, gives only one ..."

5. Knight's Quarterly Magazine by Charles Knight (1823)
"By which I mean, as if the devil drove— For when you're hippish, in your youthful hours, The devil's in you, if you're not in love— (The devil and Cupid are ..."

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