hypochondristn.
/ˌhʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈkɒndrɪst/, /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkɒndrɪst/, U.S. /ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndrəst/, /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndrəst/ Now rare.
A person affected by hypochondria; = hypochondriac n. 2.
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melancholist1600
hypochondriac1639
melancholico1652
hypochondriacal1694
hypochondrist1803
hypochondriast1809
melancholiac1863
melancholic1870
1803 A. Duncan Edinb. New Dispensatory ii. 162 It [sc. common wormwood] is used in stomach complaints, and is of great service to hypochondrists.
1812 S. T. Coleridge in R. Southey Omniana II. clxxiv. 15 An hypochondrist, to whom his limbs appear to be of glass.
1896 T. B. Saunders tr. A. Schopenhauer Art of Controv. 87 We ought to wait until need and privation announce themselves, instead of looking for them. Minds that are naturally content do this, while hypochondrists [Ger. Hypochondristen] do the reverse.
1973 German Q. 46 637 Lichtenberg..ascribes philosophical value to the insight of the Hypochondrist, whose enmity includes himself.
1996 S. M. Shell Embodiment of Reason x. 286 The hypochondrist wrongly interprets his pain, enhanced by his own fixated attention, as a signal of external harm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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