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English
Etymology
From hypochondriac + -al.
Adjective
hypochondriacal (comparative more hypochondriacal, superlative most hypochondriacal)
- (obsolete) Coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
- , I.iii.2.2:
- Fracastorius, Fallopius, and others, being to give their sentence of a party labouring of hypochondriacal melancholy, could not find out by the symptoms which part was most especially affected .
- Suffering from hypochondria.
2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in New York Times:[…] the hypochondriacal British ceramist William De Morgan, who spent winters in Florence for his health while gradually bankrupting his business back home producing iridescent mythological scenes on tiles, vases and plates.
Translations
suffering from hypochondria