morbidly
/ˈmɔːbədli/MAWR-buhd-lee
/ˈmɔɹbədli/MAWR-buhd-lee
Meaningin a morbid way
Common meaning: with an unhealthy interest in grim things
- morba sicknessLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1164 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinmorbus, -ī‘a sickness’
- Englishmorbid‘with an unhealthy interest in death’
- Englishformed in English from morbidmorbidly‘with an unhealthy interest in grim things’ · today
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: Formed in English from morbid + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MORBID, p.377 · scan
Roots
- morbus, -ī Latin “a sickness”
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