Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morbidity

/mɔɹbˈɪdəti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: mor-bid-i-ty
IPA: /mɔɹbˈɪdəti/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.

Countable

noun

Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.

Countable

noun

The sickness rate of a population.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He taught him how to be superior to human foibles and how to give a godlike laugh at himself as a way of fending off morbidity. He did all the things for him that a woman is grateful for, except that Magnus is a man."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *mer-, morbidus
Suffix: morbid

Usage

Inflected Forms

morbidities (plural)

Derived Forms

comorbidity cytomorbidity hypermorbidity monomorbidity morbimortality multimorbidity neuromorbidity nonmorbidity polymorbidity postmorbidity premorbidity

Frequently Paired Words

morbidezza morbidly morbific morbilli soreness valetudinarianism

Synonyms

morbidness unwholesomeness

Rhymes With

humidity validity liquidity acidity rigidity fluidity solidity rapidity timidity turbidity superfluidity

Questions

How do you pronounce morbidity?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɔɹbˈɪdəti/.
What does morbidity mean?: The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
Where does morbidity come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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