morbidity

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
  2. noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
  3. noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you

Etymology

Recorded since 1721; from morbid + -ity, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of morī (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

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