||Hy`po*chon"dri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypochondria (#), E. Hypochondriums
||(#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; under the cartilage of the
||breastbone; &?; under + &?; cartilage.] (Anat.) Either of the
||hypochondriac regions.
Hy`po*chon"dry (?), n. Hypochondriasis.
Hyp"o*cist (?), n. [Gr. &?; a plant growing on the roots of the
Cistus.] An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a
plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a
small European shrub.
||Hy`po*clei"di*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypocleida (#), E. Hypocleidiums
||(#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; under + &?; a little key.] (Anat.) A median
||process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is
||connected with the sternum.
Hyp`o*co*ris"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; under + &?; to caress.]
Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.
The hypocoristic or pet form of William.
Dr. Murray.
Hyp`o*cra*ter"i*form (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + krath`r cup + -form.]
(Bot.) hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood.
Hyp`o*cra*ter`i*mor"phous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. krath`r bowl +
morfh` form.] (Bot.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding
suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the
blossom of the phlox and the lilac.
Hy*poc"ri*sy (h*pk"r*s), n.; pl. Hypocrisies (- sz). [OE. hypocrisie,
ypocrisie, OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr.
Gr. "ypo`krisis the playing a part on the stage, simulation, outward
show, fr. "ypokr`nesqai to answer on the stage, to play a part; "ypo`
under + kri`nein to decide; in the middle voice, to dispute, contend.
See Hypo-, and Critic.] The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning
to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a
dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition,
or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or
religion; a simulation of goodness.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.
Rambler.
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
La Rochefoucauld (Trans. ).
Hyp"o*crite (?), n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. &?; one who plays a part
on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See Hypocrisy.] One who plays a
part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of
favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and
better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who
simulates virtue or piety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
Job viii. 13.