pre-morbid
bɪd adjective
1.
suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
2.
affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3.
pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
4.
gruesome; grisly.
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morbid (ˈmɔːbɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events |
| 2. | gruesome |
| 3. | relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic: a morbid growth |
| [C17: from Latin morbidus sickly, from morbus illness] | |
| 'morbidly | |
| —adv | |
| 'morbidness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
morbid
1650s, "of the nature of a disease, indicative of a disease," from L. morbidus "diseased," from morbus "sickness, disease," from root of mori "to die," or from PIE base *mor- "to rub, pound, wear away" (cf. Gk. marainein "to consume, exhaust," marasmus "consumption"). Transferred use, of mental states,
is from 1777. Related: Morbidly.
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morbid mor·bid (môr'bĭd)
adj.
Relating to or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome.
mor'bid·ness n.
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