sickness
English
/ˈsɪknɪs/
noun
Definitions
- The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness.
- Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
- (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sēocnes affix from English sick.
Origin
English
sick
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airsick English
- brainsick English
- bussick English
- carsick English
- cropsick English
- cybersickness English
- dogsick English
- dope sick English
- gall English
- gallsickness English
- greensick English
- guilt-sick English
- heartsick English
- heatsick English
- home English
- homesick English
- homesickness English
- iron-sick English
- lovesick English
- oversick English
- radiosickness English
- sea English
- seasick English
- seasickness English
- sick English
- sick-wagon English
- sickbag English
- sickbay English
- sickbed English
- sicken English
- sicker English
- sickfic English
- sickhouse English
- sickie English
- sickish English
- sickless English
- sickly English
- sicknik English
- sicko English
- sickout English
- sickroom English
- sicky English
- soulsick English
- spacesick English
- thoughtsick English
- trainsick English
- turnsick English
- unsick English
- water English
- water sickness English
- deofolseocnes Old English
- fielleseocnes Old English
- sēocnes Old English
- wæterseocnes Old English
- sik Middle English
- siknesse Middle English
- watersiknesse Middle English
- sik Tok Pisin
- sxih Navajo, Navaho
- siki Pijin
- sea
- home
- sick
- gall
- sicky
- sicko
- water
- sicker
- sickly
- sickie
- sicken
- unsick
- sickfic
- sickbed
- dogsick
- carsick
- airsick
- sickout
- bussick
- sicknik
- sickbay
- seasick
- sickish
- sickbag
- sickless
- sickroom
- soulsick
- oversick
- cropsick
- turnsick
- homesick
- heatsick
- lovesick
- heartsick
- brainsick
- dope sick
- sickhouse
- trainsick
- iron-sick
- greensick
- spacesick
- sick-wagon
- guilt-sick
- seasickness
- thoughtsick
- homesickness
- gallsickness
- cybersickness
- radiosickness
- water sickness