in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady
Recent Examples on the WebOfficials have been trying to determine what was causing the malady that had sickened 11 people linked to a private clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, roughly 670 miles north of Buenos Aires. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022 Burns dismissed persistent rumors that Putin, who traveled to Iran this week, is gravely ill from cancer or some other malady as unlikely. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 Reps for the band pointed to the group’s Twitter post and did not immediately respond to questions about the nature of Maines’ malady. Chris Willman, Variety, 20 June 2022 Nevertheless, the absence of data collection around racial identity may conceal how certain groups might be disproportionately impacted by a malady.Wired, 14 July 2022 Perhaps Bennedith’s attraction to Mercuro is rooted in a shared existential malady.New York Times, 12 July 2022 Edward is in the grip of a grotesque malady that causes his flesh to desiccate and slough away. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 17 June 2022 The bad news is now the right-hander dealing with a different, somewhat more nebulous malady that's going to continue to keep him sidelined for at least the immediate future. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022 For those investigating the mysterious malady, that’s a real problem. Erin Prater, Fortune, 4 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English maladie, from Anglo-French, from malade sick, from Latin male habitus in bad condition