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malady

ma·lady

UK/ˈmæl.ə.di/ US/ˈmælʌdi/ rare

noun

1.

any unwholesome or desperate condition

  • “what maladies afflict our nation?”
2.

Origin

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.

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