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milt-sick

/mɪlt sɪk/

milt-sick adjective: having a disease of the spleen.

Adjective

milt-sick

  1. Having a disease of the spleen.
    • Each buss-master shall diligently attend to the sorting of the fish, by separating the full from the poor ones, and not mixing the sound with the night-refuse, roe-sick, milt-sick, stinking or unsightly herrings; […]1807 [1783], Transactions, volume 25, Royal Society of Arts, Colonies and Trade, page 171
    • Sir,—In the Agricultural Journal of the 16th ult. appears a lengthy letter signed by Mr. Andrew Smith, treating on the symptoms and remedies for Milt-sick Blood-poisoning.1891 September 10, H. W. Browne, Agricultural Journal, volume 4, number 5, Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony, Milt-sick Blood-poisoning, page 58
  2. (South Africa) Having anthrax (milt-sickness).

Forms of milt-sick

alternative formmiltsick
alternative formmelt-sick
alternative formmiltsiekte

Origin of milt-sick

From Old English milte seoc, literally, “spleen-sick”. By surface analysis, milt + sick.

Words formed from milt-sick

Questions about milt-sick

What does milt-sick mean?
Milt-sick means having a disease of the spleen.
What part of speech is milt-sick?
Milt-sick is an adjective.
How do you pronounce milt-sick?
Milt-sick is pronounced /mɪlt sɪk/.

Words near milt-sick in the dictionary

  1. milt
  2. milt-grown
  3. milt-like
  4. milt-pain
  5. milt-pains
  6. milt-sick
  7. milt-sickness
  8. milt-wort
  9. milted
  10. miltefosine
  11. miltefosines

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