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SICK

1. Affected with malady of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Diseases. "Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever." (Mark i. 30) "Behold them that are sick with famine." (Jer. Xiv. 18) 2. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache. 3. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; with of; as, to be sick of flattery. "He was not so sick of his master as of his work." (L'Estrange) 4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. "So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself must be a bishop, he would either find or create some sick feathers in his wings. " (Fuller) Sick bay, a variety of headache attended with mess of the stomach and nausea. Sick list, a list containing the names of the sick. Sick room, a room in which a face lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness. Synonym: Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, ailing, feeble, morbid. Origin: These terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc, are also written both hyphened and solid. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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