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morbose

morbose adjective: proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.

Adjective

morbose (comparative more morbose, superlative most morbose)

  1. Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
    • Morbose tumours and excrescences of plants.1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

Forms of morbose

comparativemore morbose
superlativemost morbose

Origin of morbose

From Latin morbosus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”).

Words formed from morbose

Questions about morbose

What does morbose mean?
Morbose means proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
What part of speech is morbose?
Morbose is an adjective.

Words near morbose in the dictionary

  1. morbillivirus
  2. morbilliviruses
  3. morbillous
  4. morbimortality
  5. Morborne
  6. morbose
  7. morbosities
  8. morbosity
  9. morbs
  10. morbus
  11. morbus coxarius

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