hypochondriac, hypochondriacal
(adjective) suffering from hypochondria
hypochondriac
(noun) a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hypochondriac (comparative more hypochondriac, superlative most hypochondriac)
Related to, or affected by hypochondria
Related to, or located in the hypochondrium.
hypochondriac (plural hypochondriacs)
A person affected with hypochondria.
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Source: Wiktionary
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, a. Etym: [Gr. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.]
1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis. Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, n.
Definition: A person affected with hypochondriasis. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
