Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milt-sick

/mɪlt sɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: milt-sick
IPA: /mɪlt sɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a disease of the spleen.

adj

Having anthrax (milt-sickness).

Example Sentences

"Each buss-master shall diligently attend to the sorting of the fish, by separating the full from the poor ones, and not mixing the sound with the night-refuse, roe-sick, milt-sick, stinking or unsightly herrings; […]"
"Sir,—In the Agricultural Journal of the 16th ult. appears a lengthy letter signed by Mr. Andrew Smith, treating on the symptoms and remedies for Milt-sick Blood-poisoning."
"All herrings which in the re-packing, whether at sea or after arrival in Holland, require to be heightened (filled up), must only be filled up with herrings of the same night's taking and assortment; and no barrels must, on any account, be filled up with herrings of a later date, far less with milt-sick, roe-sick, or spent fish: […]"

Etymology

From Old English milte seoc, literally, “spleen-sick”. By surface analysis, milt + sick.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Inflected Forms

miltsick (alternative) melt-sick (alternative) miltsiekte (alternative)

Phrases

milt-sickness roe-sick

Frequently Paired Words

roe-sick

Questions

How do you pronounce milt-sick?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪlt sɪk/.
What does milt-sick mean?: Having a disease of the spleen.
Where does milt-sick come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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