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- malady



[malady 词源字典] - malady: see malign
[malady etymology, malady origin, 英语词源] - malady (n.)




- late 13c., from Old French maladie "sickness, illness, disease" (13c.), from malade "ill" (12c.), from Latin male habitus "doing poorly, feeling sick," literally "ill-conditioned," from male "badly" (see mal-) + habitus, past participle of habere "have, hold" (see habit (n.)). Related: Maladies.