Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Proceeding from
disease ;morbid ;unhealthy .
Etymologies
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Latin morbosus ("diseased"), from morbus ("disease").
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Examples
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If that would be a problem it could be involved in the pathogenesis of many morbose states.
Archive 2007-10-01 Angry Professor 2007
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If that would be a problem it could be involved in the pathogenesis of many morbose states.
Mailbag Monday: Edition "He's baa-a-ack!" Angry Professor 2007
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But from of old there have been morbose people ever ready to criticize the holy and put cockleburs in the back hair of the pure in heart.
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There is no satisfying or pacifying or ever pleasing this morbose Mr. Wet-eyes.
Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878
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