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sickness.

The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; an illness.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɪknɪs/
  1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; an illness.

    countable · uncountable · usually
  2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.

    uncountable · usually
  3. The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes, sēocness, sēocnys, sēocnyss. By surface analysis, sick + -ness.

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