sickness

== English == === Alternative forms === sicknes (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes, sēocness, sēocnys, sēocnyss. By surface analysis, sick +‎ -ness. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪknɪs/ Hyphenation: sick‧ness Rhymes: -ɪknɪs === Noun === sickness (usually uncountable, plural sicknesses) (uncountable, countable) The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; an illness. Synonyms: disease, disorder, ailment, malady, infirmity; see also Thesaurus:disease 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount 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. (Can we verify(+) this sense, particularly "Does this exist outside of the phrase dative sickness with reference to the Icelandic language?)"?) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “sickness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.