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Webster 1913 Edition

Morbid

Mor′bid

,
Adj.
[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, a
morbid
condition; 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.
–
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Morbid

MOR'BID

,
Adj.
[L. morbidus, form morbus, a disease, from the root of morior, to die.] Diseased; sickly; not sound and healthful; as morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant; a morbid sensibility.

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