SICK

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English sek, sik, from Old English sēoc; akin to Old High German sioh ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. affected with disease or ill health ; ailing, of, relating to, or intended for use in ~ness , queasy , nauseated , undergoing menstruation, spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt, 3. ~ened by strong emotion , having a strong distaste from surfeit ; satiated , filled with disgust or chagrin , depressed and longing for something , 4. mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered ; morbid , highly distasteful ; macabre , sadistic , lacking vigor ; ~ly : as, badly outclassed , incapable of producing profitable yields of a crop , ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1957 vomit 1