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morbid, a.|ˈmɔːbɪd|
[ad. L. morbid-us, f. morb-us disease, f. root of morī to die. Cf. F. morbide, It., Pg. morbido, Sp. mórbido.]
1. a. Of the nature of or indicative of disease; also, † productive of disease, morbific.
1656H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 51 There may be very well a sanative and healing Contagion, as well as a morbid and venomous. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. 705 Of morbid hue his features, sunk and sad; His hollow eyne shook forth a sickly light. 1771T. Percival Ess. (1777) I. 8 Sylvius exults in the discovery that an acid is the sole morbid principle. 1799Underwood Dis. Children (ed. 4) I. 44 Under such treatment, the morbid-snuffles has been found to yield in the course of two or three weeks. 1799Med. Jrnl. I. 324 The variolous matter, first inserted by the puncture, like that of other morbid poisons, is not capable of being immediately absorbed. 1845Budd Dis. Liver 335 No morbid appearance could be discovered to account for his sudden death, except that [etc.]. 1883Nature XXVII. 236 Evolution of microscopic organisms..in the dead body and morbid products.
fig.1828Macaulay Ess., Hallam (1851) I. 53 It may be quickened into morbid activity. It may be reasoned into sluggishness.
b. Of persons or animals, their parts, etc.: Affected by disease, diseased, unhealthy. ? Obs.
1731Arbuthnot Aliments vi. (1735) 152 Tho' every Human Constitution is morbid, yet are their Diseases consistent with the common Functions of Life. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 43 ⁋1 Every man comes into the world morbid. 1846G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 406 Morbid Bones.
c. morbid anatomy: the anatomy of diseased organs or structures.
1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 6 The structure of tumours is a part of morbid anatomy which deserves to be examined. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 816/1 This increase of knowledge is therefore due, not to auscultation alone, but to auscultation combined with morbid anatomy.
fig.1851Willmott Pleas. Lit. 291 Books..belong to the study of the mind's morbid anatomy.
2. Of mental conditions, ideas, etc.: Unwholesome, sickly: chiefly applied to unreasonable feelings of gloom, apprehension, or suspicion. Hence of persons: Addicted to morbid feelings or fancies.
[1777Johnson in Boswell Life (1816) III. 210 There must be a diseased mind, where there is a failure of memory at seventy. A man's head, Sir, must be morbid, if he fails so soon.] 1834Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) I. x. 419 But that was a morbid vision, and has given way to the actual reality of so much good. 1842Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 59 Pray to God to save you from the temptations of morbid melancholy and unavailing regret. 1853Humphreys Coin-Coll. Man. xxvi. (1876) 392 Such a morbid kind of enthusiasm in this delightful science is much less common now. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar iii. iv, You morbid little woman, you shall be happy again. 1889Ruskin Præterita III. 145 The morbid German fancies which proved so fatal to Carlyle. 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. ii. 46 The athletic attitude tends ever to break down, and it inevitably does break down even in the most stalwart when..morbid fears invade the mind. Ibid. vi. 163 It seems to me that we are bound to say that morbid-mindedness ranges over the wider scale of experience. 1907― Mem. & Stud. (1911) 248 Dr. Janet has discussed five cases of morbid impulse. 1918Kipling Land & Sea Tales (1923) 113 My Sub's a morbid-minded young animal. 1922Joyce Ulysses 413 Those who are not so intimately acquainted with the minutiae of the municipal abattoir as this morbid⁓minded esthete. 1935Discovery Nov. 346/2 The ‘misfits’ and perverts of morbid psychology.
3. Painting. Of flesh-tints: Painted with ‘morbidezza’. [After It. morbido.]
1727–52Chambers Cycl., Morbid, in painting, is particularly applied to fat flesh very strongly expressed. |