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Webster 1913 Edition

Morbid

Mor′bid

,
Adj.
[L.
morbidus
, fr.
morbus
disease; prob. akin to
mori
to die: cf. F.
morbide
, It.
morbido
. See
Mortal
.]
1.
Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly;
as, a
morbid
condition; a
morbid
constitution; a
morbid
state of the juices of a plant.
“Her sick and morbid heart.”
Hawthorne.
2.
Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts;
as,
morbid
anatomy
.
Syn. – Diseased; sickly; sick.
–
Morbid
,
Diseased
. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature;
as, a
morbid
condition of the nervous system
; a morbid sensibility, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Morbid

MOR'BID

,
Adj.
[L. morbidus, form morbus, a disease, from the root of morior, to die.] Diseased; sickly; not sound and healthful; as morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant; a morbid sensibility.

Definition 2024

morbid

morbid

English

Adjective

morbid ‎(comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

  1. (originally) Of, or relating to disease.
  2. Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

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Etymology

From Latin morbidus ‎(“diseased”), from morbus ‎(“sickness”), itself from the root of morior ‎(“die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mor- ‎(“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

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