malady

  • 1malady — mal a*dy (m[a^]l [.a]*d[y^]), n.; pl. {Maladies} (m[a^]l [.a]*d[i^]z). [F. maladie, fr. malade ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i. e., ill kept, not in good condition. See {Malice}, and {Habit}.] 1. Any disease of the human… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2malady — index disability (physical inability), disease, disorder (abnormal condition), pain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3malady — late 13c., from O.Fr. maladie sickness, illness, disease (13c.), from malade ill (12c.), from L. male habitus doing poorly, feeling sick, lit. ill conditioned, from male badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + habitus, pp. of habere have, hold (see …

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  • 4malady — ailment, disorder, condition, affection, *disease, complaint, distemper, syndrome …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5malady — [n] disease ache, affection, affliction, ailment, attack, blight, bug*, cancer, complaint, condition, contagion, debility, disability, disorder, distemper, epidemic, fever, flu, ill health, illness, infection, infirmity, inflammation, plague,… …

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  • 6malady — ► NOUN (pl. maladies) ▪ a disease or ailment. ORIGIN from Old French malade ill …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7malady — [mal′ə dē] n. pl. maladies [ME maladie < OFr < malade, sick < VL male habitus, badly kept, out of condition: see MAL & HABIT] a disease; illness; sickness: often used figuratively SYN. DISEASE …

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  • 8malady — n. (lit.) a fatal; serious; strange malady * * * [ mælədɪ] serious strange malady (lit.) a fatal …

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  • 9malady — [[t]mæ̱lədi[/t]] maladies 1) N COUNT A malady is an illness or disease. [OLD FASHIONED] He was stricken at twenty one with a crippling malady. Syn: illness 2) N COUNT In written English, people sometimes use maladies to refer to serious problems… …

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  • 10malady — UK [ˈmælədɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms malady : singular malady plural maladies 1) old fashioned an illness 2) formal a serious problem within a society or organization …

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