Meanings
comparative more diseaseful · superlative most diseaseful
- Full of, afflicted by, or causing diseases.
a diseaseful climate
- obsoleteCausing uneasiness.
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c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court For where the majesty of a king's house draws recourse and access, it is both disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people, if the ways near-abouts be not fair and good […]
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diseaseful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diseaseful
“diseaseful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diseaseful. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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