malady
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]malady (plural maladies)
- Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet CXVIII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- As, to prevent our maladies unseen, / We sicken to shun sickness when we purge.
- a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)
- The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.
- A moral or mental defect or disorder.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Love's a malady without a cure.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a disease, illness, or other health disorder
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References
[edit]- “malady”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “malady”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]malady
- Alternative form of maladie
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