Malady
/ˈmæl.ə.di/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism wordnet
- 3 A moral or mental defect or disorder.
"Love's a malady without a cure."
- 4 any unwholesome or desperate condition wordnet
Example
More examples"She suffers from a chronic malady."
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.