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desease

noun

LanguageAnglo-Norman

Meaning
  1. discomfort
  2. sickness
  3. A state of feeling uneasy or suffering from illness.
Examples

Il suffri de grant desease.

He suffered from great discomfort.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis word is the ancestor of modern English 'disease', but originally meant general unease.

Status: Adapted from Wikidata lexemes — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: Wikidata lexemes — Wave 3 (CC0-1.0), adapted.