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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: maladie, from malade 'sick', from Latin male habitus 'in bad condition'

malady

 noun
     
mal‧a‧dy plural maladies [countable]
1 formal a serious problem in society
2 old useMI an illness
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