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Word entry · 8 letters

sickness

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"Illness"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪknɪs/Part of speech nounSorted ceiknsssStarts with SEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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"Illness"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (SICKNESS).

Definitions

  1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Word origin

From Middle English sikness, from Old English sēocnes. By surface analysis, sick + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • I do lament the sickness of the king.
  • 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms.
  • Sickness is a dangerous indulgence at my time of life.

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