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disease
early 14c., "discomfort," from O.Fr.
desaise
, from
des-
"without, away" (see
dis-
) +
aise
"ease" (see
ease
). Sense of "sickness, illness" first recorded late 14c.; the word still sometimes was used in its lit. sense early 17c. Related:
Diseased
.
