morbose

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English

Etymology

From Latin morbosus (diseased), from morbus (disease).

Adjective

morbose (comparative more morbose, superlative most morbose)

  1. Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. , London: Samuel Smith, , →OCLC:
      Morbose tumours and excrescences of plants.

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References

morbose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Italian

Adjective

morbose

  1. feminine plural of morboso

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