Worrywart Definition
wûrē-wôrt, wŭr-
worrywarts
noun
worrywarts
One who worries excessively and needlessly.
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A person who tends to worry, esp. over insignificant details.
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worrywartsOrigin of Worrywart
Attested 1956, I. BELKNAP Human Problems of State Mental Hospitals x. 177 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.
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From worry; “wart" apparently chosen for alliteration.
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Presumably related to earlier worryguts.
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