worry-wartとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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名詞

worry wart (複数形 worry warts)

1. (idiomatic) One who worries excessively or unnecessarily.

語源

Attested 1956, I. BELKNAP Human Problems of State Mental Hospitals x. 177^[1] In cartoon Out Our Way by J. R. Williams, there is a character by that name. Earlier examples from newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s.^[2]

Presumably related to earlier worryguts.

From worry +‎ "wart" apparently chosen for alliteration.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹ.ɪˌwɔːt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹ.iˌwɔːt/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɹ.iˌwɔɹt/
    • (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝ.iˌwɔɹt/
    • (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
  • 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)t

名詞

worrywart (複数形 worrywarts)

1. A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.
   • 2005, Hal Edward Runkel, Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, page 31:

     It doesn't mean you're a worrywart, a nervous wreck or in need of heavy medication.

   • 2008, Nicole L.V. Mullis, "Vacation renders kids, adult males impervious to danger", Battle Creek Enquirer online, August 17:

     On vacation, I'm a worrywart for fretting about third-degree burns and puncture wounds.

同意語

• bundle of nerves, worrier; see also Thesaurus:worrier

参考

• pessimist
• OCD
• hypochondriac

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