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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mal•a•dy /ˈmælədi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -dies. - Pathologya disorder or disease of the body.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mal•a•dy (mal′ə dē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies. - Pathologyany disorder or disease of the body, esp. one that is chronic or deepseated.
- any undesirable or disordered condition:social maladies; a malady of the spirit.
- Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; see mal-, habit) + -ie -y3
- Old French, equivalent. to malade sick (
- Middle English maladie 1200–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged illness, sickness, affliction, complaint, ailment, indisposition.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: malady /ˈmælədɪ/ n ( pl -dies)- any disease or illness
- any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin male habitus (unattested) in poor condition, from Latin male badly + habitus, from habēre to have |