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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Sickness

Sick'er-ness, n.

noun

n. The state of being sicker or certain. [Obs.] Spenser.

Sick'ness, n.

noun

n. [A-S. seócness, equivalent to suht, Ger. sucht.] 1. The state of being sick or diseased. I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. 2. A disease or malady; especially, nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those age or sickness, soon or late, disarms. Pope. Syn.—Illness; disease; malady. See ILLNESS.