malady

[ mal-uh-dee ]
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noun,plural mal·a·dies.
  1. any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.

  2. any undesirable or disordered condition: social maladies; a malady of the spirit.

Origin of malady

1
1200–50; Middle English maladie<Old French, equivalent to malade sick (<Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; see mal-, habit1) + -ie-y3

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malady

/ (ˈmælədɪ) /


nounplural -dies
  1. any disease or illness

  2. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition: a malady of the spirit

Origin of malady

1
C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from habēre to have

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