sickly

Etymology
From, , , , equivalent to. Possibly a modification of and/or derived from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Frequently ill or in poor health.
 * 2) * 1759,, letter dated 16March, 1759, in , , London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume1, p.190,
 * [...] the boy is a sickly lad, of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his Majesty’s service.
 * 1) Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
 * 2) * 1782,, letter dated 20March, 1782, in , , London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume2, p.419,
 * The season was dreary, I was sickly, and found the friends sickly whom I went to see.
 * 1) * 1850,, letter dated 29April, 1850, in , , London: Smith, Elder, 1857, Chapter6, p.157,
 * Papa continues far from well; he is often very sickly in the morning,
 * 1) Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth.
 * 2) Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
 * 3) * 1782,, , London: T. Payne and Son, and T. Cadell, Volume1, Book1, Chapter9, p.121,
 * [...] she exhibited a countenance so wretched, and a complection so sickly, that Cecilia was impressed with horror at the sight.
 * 1) Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
 * 2) Lacking intensity or vigour.
 * 3) Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
 * 4) Tending to produce nausea.
 * 5) Overly sweet.
 * 6)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1) Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
 * 2) Lacking intensity or vigour.
 * 3) Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
 * 4) Tending to produce nausea.
 * 5) Overly sweet.
 * 6)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1) Lacking intensity or vigour.
 * 2) Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
 * 3) Tending to produce nausea.
 * 4) Overly sweet.
 * 5)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1) Tending to produce nausea.
 * 2) Overly sweet.
 * 3)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1) Overly sweet.
 * 2)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1) Overly sweet.
 * 2)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1)  Marked by the occurrence of illness or disease (of a period of time).
 * ,, undated letter in Original Letters, London: Logographic Press, 1788, pp.110-111,
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * [...] if I thought the sentiments of your last letter were not the sentiments of a sickly moment—if I could be made to believe, for an instant, that they proceeded from you, in a sober, reflecting condition of your mind—I should give you over as incurable,
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.
 * 1)  Tending to produce disease or poor health.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِسْقَام
 * Asturian: enfermizu
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 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: enfermizo
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄρρωστος
 * Irish: leice, galrach
 * Latin: aegrotaticius, morbōsus
 * Maori: aewa, matemate, anuhē, anuhea, manauhea
 * Old English: sīcle
 * Polish:, schorowany
 * Portuguese:, , valetudinário
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 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: sakitin
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 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
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 * German:, smile , , , ,
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 * Ancient: ἄρρωστος
 * Maori: ngātoro, anuhē
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Verb

 * 1)  To make (something) sickly.
 * 2)  To become sickly.
 * 3) * 1889,, An Expositor’s Notebook, London: Richard D. Dickinson, 7th edition, Chapter26, p.364,
 * But the seven most prominent Apostles still hang together, their hearts tormented with eager yet sad questionings, their hopes fast sicklying over with the pale hues of doubt.
 * 1)  To become sickly.
 * 2) * 1889,, An Expositor’s Notebook, London: Richard D. Dickinson, 7th edition, Chapter26, p.364,
 * But the seven most prominent Apostles still hang together, their hearts tormented with eager yet sad questionings, their hopes fast sicklying over with the pale hues of doubt.
 * 1) * 1889,, An Expositor’s Notebook, London: Richard D. Dickinson, 7th edition, Chapter26, p.364,
 * But the seven most prominent Apostles still hang together, their hearts tormented with eager yet sad questionings, their hopes fast sicklying over with the pale hues of doubt.

Adverb

 * 1) In a sick manner; in a way that reflects or causes sickness.

Derived terms

 * sickly sweet