Hypertext Webster Gateway: "morbid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Morbid \Mor"bid\, a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob.
akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See
{Mortal}.]
1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal
condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid
constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.
``Her sick and morbid heart.'' --Hawthorne.
2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid
anatomy.
Syn: Diseased; sickly; sick.
Usage: {Morbid}, {Diseased}. Morbid is sometimes used
interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly
applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a
prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the
nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
morbid
adj 1: suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in
death"; "morbid curiosity"
2: suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
[syn: {ghoulish}]
3: caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology;
"diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic
tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" [syn: {diseased},
{pathologic}, {pathological}]
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