morbid

[Fr. morbide, from Lat. morbid us = sickly, from morbus disease; Ital. & Sp. morbido.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Diseased; not healthy, not sound; sickly, unhealthy. "Of morbid hue his features, sunk and sad." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, ii. 79. 2. Pertaining or relating to disease; as, morbid anatomy. *II. Painting : A term used of corpulence very strongly expre ed. ( Bailey .)