morbid

English

WOTD – 30 October 2009

Etymology

From Latin morbidus (diseased), from morbus (sickness), itself from the root of morior (die) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to rub, pound, wear away).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective

morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

  1. (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
  2. (by extension) Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

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Translations

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Further reading

  • morbid” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔʁˈbiːt/
  • (file)

Adjective

morbid (comparative morbider, superlative am morbidsten)

  1. morbid

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