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morbid (iou) and zaptieh (iou)


morbid (iou)



morbid adjective. M17.
[Latin morbidus, from morbus disease: see -ID1.]
Of the Nature of or indicative of disease; affected by disease, unhealthy. Formerly also, productive of disease. M17.
morbid anatomy the anatomy of diseased organs and tissues.
Of a mental state, an idea, etc.: unwholesome, sickly; marked by exaggerated or inappropriate feelings of gloom, apprehension, or suspicion. Of a person: given to morbid feelings or fancies. M19.
G. Gordon Morbid lot, they're only happy when their friends have died. W. Golding Lewis himself had a deep, and one might think morbid, fear of dead bodies.
morbidly adverb E19.
morbidness noun M17.

zaptieh (iou)



zaptieh noun. M19.
[Turkish zabtiye gendarmerie, gendarme, from colloq. Arab. abiiyya police, from Arab. abi officer.]
A Turkish policeman.