hippish

[Eng. hip (3), s.; -ish.] Rather melancholy or out of sorts; hypochondriac. ( Byron: Beppo, lxiv.) hip-po-, pref. [Gr. hippos =a horse.] Science, .: Of, belonging to, or in any way re driac or melancholy; to put out of sorts. "I cannot forbear writing to you, to tell you I have been, to the last degree, hipped since I saw you."- Steele : Spectator , No. 284. intended to call attention, or as a signal. hip, interj. [Onomatopoetic.] An exclamation *hip-halt, a . [English hip , and halt .] Lame, limping. *hip-hop, adv . [A reduplication of hop (q. v.).] With a hopping gait. "Like Volscius hiphop in a single boot."-Congreve. hipp-, pref. [HIPPO.] hip-pa, 8. [From Gr. hippos =a horse.] Zool .: The typical genus of the family Hippide (q. v.).