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/ma.lad/

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Translation

ill, sick

Word origin

From Latin male habitus ('in a bad state, ill-kept'), a phrase combining male ('badly') and habitus ('held, kept'), which contracted into the Old French malade.

Origin
Latin
Root
male habitus
English cognates
malady, habit

Examples

j' .

I stayed at home because I was ill.

.

His son has been ill for a week.

.

It makes me sick to see that.

collègue .

My colleague is ill and will not come tomorrow.

l' 'inquiétude.

This story made him sick with worry.

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