malady
noun/ˈmæl.ə.di/
Etymology 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.
1
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- As, to prevent our maladies unseen, / We sicken to shun sickness when we purge.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:
- The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)
2
A moral or mental defect or disorder.
- Love's a malady without a cure.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- maladious