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‖ malaise
(ˈmæleɪz, Fr. malɛz)
[F. malaise, f. OF. mal adj., bad, ill + aise ease n.]
A condition of bodily uneasiness or discomfort, esp. a condition of bodily suffering or lassitude, without the development of specific disease. (Cf. malease.)
1768Ld. Chesterfield Let. to Bp. Chenevix 25 June Misc. Wks. (1777) II. 532, I feel what the French call a general mal-aise, and what we call in Ireland an unwellness. 1857G. Bird's Urin. Deposits (ed. 5) 211 A young man..who..became a patient of Dr. Garrod's for general malaise. 1870Holmes' Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) IV. 218 Loss of appetite and a general sensation of malaise. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 740 The illness begins..with general malaise and feverishness.
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1883St. James's Gaz. 27 Dec. 3/1 There will be, first, a universal malaise; then the loss of the faculties of government and self-defence. 1885Wool Trade Circular, The Wool Market has not escaped the influence of an almost universal commercial malaise. |