"malady" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæl.ə.di/ Audio: en-us-malady.ogg Forms: maladies [plural]
enPR: măl'ə-dē Etymology: From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mel-}}, {{inh|en|enm|maladie}} Middle English maladie, {{der|en|fro|maladie||sickness, illness, disease}} Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), {{der|en|la|male habitus||ill-kept, not in good condition}} Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} malady (plural maladies)
  1. Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. Translations (a disease, illness, or other health disorder): sëmundje (Albanian), hilang (Bikol Central), болест (bolest) [feminine] (Bulgarian), разстройство (razstrojstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ᎥᏳᎩ (vyugi) (Cherokee), 疾病 (jíbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), nemoc [feminine] (Czech), choroba [feminine] (Czech), malsano (Esperanto), sairaus (Finnish), tauti (Finnish), maladie [feminine] (French), Krankheit [feminine] (German), Übel [neuter] (German), रोग (rog) [masculine] (Hindi), malattia [feminine] (Italian), morbus (Latin), അസുഖം (asukhaṁ) (Malayalam), sykdom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjukdom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjukdom [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خستهلق (hastalık) (Ottoman Turkish), علت (ʼillet) (Ottoman Turkish), مرض (maraz) (Ottoman Turkish), Krankheit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), mal (Portuguese), боле́знь (boléznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), заболева́ние (zabolevánije) [neuter] (Russian), расстро́йство (rasstrójstvo) [neuter] (Russian), неду́г (nedúg) [masculine] (Russian), malatìa [feminine] (Sicilian), morbu [masculine] (Sicilian), mali [masculine] (Sicilian), mal [masculine] (Spanish), achaque [masculine] (Spanish), maleza [feminine] (Spanish), aje [masculine] (Spanish), aj [dated, masculine] (Spanish), ax (english: ash) [dated, masculine] (Spanish), dolencia [feminine] (Spanish), sjukdom [common-gender] (Swedish), teki (Tocharian B)
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  2. A moral or mental defect or disorder. Translations (moral or mental disorder): nešvar [masculine] (Czech), neduh [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-malady-en-noun-j0j2NpnS Disambiguation of 'moral or mental disorder': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ailment, disease, disorder, distemper, illness, sickness Derived forms: maladious

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      "sense": "a disease, illness, or other health disorder",
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      "sense": "a disease, illness, or other health disorder",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a disease, illness, or other health disorder",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "moral or mental disorder",
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