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Definition of Hippish
1. depressed; sad [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippish
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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