Morbus

//ˈmɔːbəs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disease. formal

    "I thought he were took with the Morbus one day, I did with his nasty angle! For “oh dear,” says he, and burst out in a cry, “oh my gut is all got of a tangle!”"

Example

More examples

"I thought he were took with the Morbus one day, I did with his nasty angle! For “oh dear,” says he, and burst out in a cry, “oh my gut is all got of a tangle!”"

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

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