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Do you suppose it made him feel good to see them tottering all over the preserve where he could no longer shoot, for fear of hitting some of the poor wretches No," agreed Velo, "he didn't get a thing out of all that, and I always thought that colony for the sick was the silliest thing I ever heard of.

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  1. adjective Suffering from or affected with a physical illness; ailing.
  2. adjective Of or for sick persons: sick wards.
  3. adjective Nauseated.
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  • Before that time, the pilgrims would advance up the steps from the Martyrdom to the Trinity Chapel, first to see the golden likeness of the saint's head, and then to the shrine itself, guarded by iron railings through which only the sick were allowed to enter. —  EQMM, July 2005
  • NPI's, such as social distancing, school closures, hand washing, wearing face masks, and the isolation of the sick are actions that can be taken in every community and require very little specialized training or equipment. —  Avian Flu Diary
  • Obviously a sweet little old lady helping the sick is an abomination that needed the agony of being burnt alive. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Exorcisms, prediction of lottery numbers, healing the sick are among the many many functions and duties of the local Bomoh. —  shanghai fish
  • Pope Benedict was not a personal witness to suffering like his predecessor, but he left no doubt that ministry to the sick is a benchmark of Catholicism. —  Latest Articles
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weak ·  hungry ·  ill ·  helpless ·  weary ·  nervous ·  crazy ·  hot

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sick:   sicker
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  1. Middle English, from Old English sēoc.

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  1. from Middle English sik, sic, syk, sike, syke, seek, seke, sek, seok, from Anglo-Saxon seóc, sick, having disease or wounds (fylle-seóc, ‘fall-sick,’ having the falling sickness, epileptic, deófol-seóc, ‘devilsick,’ possessed by a devil, demoniac, mōnathseóc, ‘month-sick’ (moon-sick), lunatic), =Old Saxon sioc, seok, siak, siec =OFries. siek, siak, sek =Middle Dutch siek, Dutch ziek =Middle Low German sēk, Low German siek =Old High German siuh, sioh, Middle High German G. siech =Icelandic sjūkr =Swedish sjuk =Danish syg =Gothic (Moesogothic) siuks, sick; from a strong verb, Gothic (Moesogothic) siukan (preterit sauk), be sick; perhaps related to Old High German *swah, Middle High German swach, German schwach (later Danish Swedish svag), weak, feeble.
  2. from Middle English syken, siiken, seeken, seken =D. zieken =Old High German siuchan, siuhhan, siuchēn, siuhhēn, siuhhōn, Middle High German G. siechen; from the adjective; cf. Gothic (Moesogothic) siukan (strong verb), fall sick: see sick, a.
  3. A variant pron. of seek.
 

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