morbose

English

Etymology

From Latin morbosus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”).

Adjective

morbose (comparative more morbose, superlative most morbose)

  1. Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], OCLC 1179804186:
      Morbose tumours and excrescences of plants.

Derived terms

References

morbose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Italian

Adjective

morbose

  1. feminine plural of morboso

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