Both Uses of
morbid
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- In my extreme distress of wind, I have a morbid fear of misdirecting you; but even if I am in error, you may know the right drawer by its contents: some powders, a phial and a paper book.†
p. 71.6 *
- Many a man would have even blazoned such irregularities as I was guilty of; but from the high views that I had set before me, I regarded and hid them with an almost morbid sense of shame.†
p. 82.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(morbid as in: a morbid curiosity) suggesting death and decay; or an unhealthy interest in disturbing thoughts -- such as of death or cruelty
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(2)
(morbid as in: morbidly obese) unhealthy or related to disease -- especially of a serious long-term illness
(The form, morbidity refers to a disease, and form morbidities refers to the number of people affected by a disease.)