or hippish, adj. (common).—Bored; melancholical; out of sorts. [From HYPochondria.]
1710. GAY, Wine, in Wks. (1811), p. 348. By cares depress’d, in pensive HIPPISH mood.
1712. Spectator, No. 284. I cannot forbear writing to you, to tell you I have been to the last degree HIPPED since I saw you.
1837. R. H. BARHAM, The Ingoldsby Legends, ‘The Babes in the Wood.’
| The wicked old Uncle they say, | |
| In spite of his riot and revel, | |
| Was HIPPISH and qualmish all day, | |
| And dreamt all night long of the devil. |
1864. DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, bk. III., ch. x. ‘You are a little HIPPED, dear fellow,’ said Eugene; you have been too sedentary. Come and enjoy the pleasures of the chase.’
