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malady

[mal-uh-dee]

noun

plural

maladies 
  1. any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
  2. any undesirable or disordered condition.

    social maladies; a malady of the spirit.



malady

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. any disease or illness

  2. any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition

    a malady of the spirit

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of malady1

1200–50; Middle English maladie < Old French, equivalent to malade sick (< Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; mal-, habit 1 ) + -ie -y 3
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of malady1

C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from 󲹲ŧ to have
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From Grover Cleveland to John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump, examples abound of presidential maladies being minimized or kept secret.

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History abounds with examples of presidential maladies being minimized, or kept secret.

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But the malady afflicting much of the Dodgers lineup seems to have infected the third baseman with a particularly virulent strain.

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The three Ratliff siblings have scattered to Los Angeles and New York, far from the tropical maladies of Thailand and the third season of “The White Lotus.”

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Then and now, elected officials were blaming immigrants for all the supposed maladies afflicting this country.

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