morbous

comparative more morbous · superlative most morbous

1. archaicPertaining to or causing disease; diseased.First known use 15th c.

   In a morbous state it is often of several other colours.

   1682, Thomas Gibson, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized, page 100

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   [I]n all probability such deaths are due to some law of anticipation by which organisms in which morbous germs have taken up their residence […] tend to disappear at an increasingly earlier stage of development […].

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 399