morbid

Definitions


[ˈmɔːbɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease
(e.g: he had a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare)

- of the nature of or indicative of disease
(e.g: the treatment of morbid obesity)


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the medical sense): from Latin morbidus, from morbus ‘disease’




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