Dictionary

malady en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• măl'ə-dē
• (US) audio
• /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.

Meanings

1. Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
   • 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)
   • 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:
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:

Forms

Deriveds

maladious

Synonyms

disease · distemper · sickness · ailment · illness · disorder

Translations (44)

sv sjukdom (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es dolencia (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · bg разстройство (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · eo malsano (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · nn sjukdom (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es ax (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · fi sairaus (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · scn mali (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · scn malatìa (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es aj (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · fi tauti (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ru заболева́ние (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ota علت (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · cmn 疾病 (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · cs nemoc (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · fr maladie (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · chr ᎥᏳᎩ (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · sq sëmundje (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · cs neduh (moral or mental disorder) · pdt Krankheit (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · de Übel (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ru неду́г (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · pt mal (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · la morbus (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · hi रोग (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · cs nešvar (moral or mental disorder) · bcl hilang (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ru боле́знь (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ml അസുഖം (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ota مرض (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · it malattia (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · txb teki (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es achaque (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es aje (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es maleza (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · cs choroba (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ru расстро́йство (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · de Krankheit (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · bg болест (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · nb sykdom (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · nb sjukdom (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · ota خستهلق (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · scn morbu (a disease, illness, or other health disorder) · es mal (a disease, illness, or other health disorder)

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