See Also: penthouse(1)(dictionary)
penthouse(2)(dictionary)
penthouse(encyclopedia)
penthouse(dictionary)
hip disease(medicine)
still disease(medicine)
Still's disease(medicine)
Still's Disease(health)
Fifth disease(health)
aaa disease(medicine)

penthouse(2) (iou) and disease(1) (iou)


penthouse(2) (iou)



penthouse verb trans. E17.
[from PENTHOUSE noun & adjective.]
Provide with a penthouse; fig. cover or shelter as with a penthouse. Usu. in pass.

disease(1) (iou)



disease noun. . ME.
[Anglo-Norman desease, dis-, Old French desaise, from des- DIS- 2 + aise EASE noun. In sense 1 re-formed in E20 from DIS- 2 + EASE noun.]
Absence of ease; inconvenience; trouble. ME.
b. A cause of discomfort; an annoyance. LME-E18.
(A) disorder of structure or function in an animal or plant of such a degree as to produce or threaten to produce detectable illness or disorder; a definable variety of such a disorder, usu. with specific signs or symptoms or affecting a specific location; (an) illness, (a) sickness. LME.
Alzheimer's disease, coeliac disease, deficiency disease, Dutch elm disease, foot-and-mouth disease, industrial disease, Parkinson's disease, slimmers' disease, etc.
Gibbon The legions of Augustus melted away in disease and lassitude. Scientific American Trichinosis..is obviously a common infection but a rare disease.
fig. A bad quality, habit, or disposition regarded as affecting or having a hold on a person etc. E16.
British disease, English disease, etc.
T. Fuller Bad Latin was a catching disease in that age. S. Brett The artistic temperament is a disease which afflicts amateurs.
diseaseful adjective (now rare) (a) troublesome; (b) full of or affected with disease; (c) unwholesome: LME.