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Middle English
- ceekenesse, ceknesse, seckenes, secknes, seeknesse, sekenes, sekenesse, sekenez, seknes, sijknes, sijknesse, sikenesse, sikenez, siknesse, sykenes, syknes, syknesse
- seacnisse, sechnesse, secnesse, seocnysse, sicnesse (Early Middle English)
- zicnesse, ziknesse (Kent)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sēocnes, sēocness; by surface analysis, sek + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːknɛs(ə)/, /ˈsiknɛs(ə)/, /ˈsiːknɛs(ə)/
Noun
seknesse (plural seknesses)
- Illness, sickness; the state of being (physically or mentally) unwell.
- A disease or sickness; a medical condition.
- (by extension) Infirmity, weakness; a lack of strength.
- Spiritual weakness or decay.
- Emotional distress or turmoil.
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