disease noun
Category: abnormalcy.
The origins of this word are in the Old French "desaise", from des (without, away) and "€˜aise"€™ (ease). Although the meaning of illness was first used in the very late 14th century, the more literal meaning could still sometimes be found into the 16th century.
1604, Cawdrey:
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1626, Cockeram:
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1658, Phillips:
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