unhippocratic en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + Hippocratic.
Meanings
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(rare) Not befitting a doctor.
But the young Doctor has entered the throes of a most unhippocratic excitement at the boatman's cry, and shouts, 'I'm coming just now! Just let me bring my things!'
1981, Salman Rushdie, Midnight's children:Similarly, those doctors who decry the operation as an "unhippocratic" act need not perform it.
1973, W. Gifford-Jones, On Being a Woman:There are forceps deliveries, and there is the roguish and unhippocratic story of their development.
1986, Anthony Smith, The body:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unhippocratic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unhippocratic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |