morbose

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin morbosus (diseased), from morbus (disease).

Adjective

morbose (comparative more morbose, superlative most morbose)

  1. Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
    • (Can we date this quote by Ray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Morbose tumours and excrescences of plants.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for morbose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Adjective

morbose

  1. feminine plural of morboso

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