Malady Meaning
/ˈmæl.ə.di/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
nounA moral or mental defect or disorder.
Sentence Examples
She suffers from a chronic malady.
The doctor said that this malady is untreatable.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After weeks of coughing and fever, the doctor diagnosed his ____ as a severe respiratory infection.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor was unable to diagnose the mysterious ____ that had been affecting the patient for weeks now.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As, to prevent our maladies unseen, / We sicken to shun sickness when we purge."
— 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet CXVIII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
"Love's a malady without a cure."
— 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After weeks of coughing and fever, the doctor diagnosed his ____ as a severe respiratory infection.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor was unable to diagnose the mysterious ____ that had been affecting the patient for weeks now.