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malady

/ˈmælədi/MA-luh-dee
/ˈmælədi/MA-luh-dee

Meaninga bad state

Common meaning: an illness

Journey through time

  1. Latinmalus; male‘bad’
  2. Frenchmaladie
  3. Middle Englishmaladiesource
  4. Englishmalady‘an illness’ · today

mal also in: malicemaliciousmalevolentmalediction

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin malus; male ‘bad; badly’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry malus, p. 1104 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

maledictionmalevolentmalicemalicious

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