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English disease

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Etymology

A calque of phrases from various languages, including the French maladie anglaise, Polish angielska choroba, German englische Krankheit, and the Russian англи́йская боле́знь (anglíjskaja boléznʹ).

  1. derived from англи́йская боле́знь
  2. derived from englische Krankheit
  3. derived from angielska choroba
  4. derived from maladie anglaise

Definitions

  1. Football (soccer) hooliganism.

  2. Depression (especially suicidal).

  3. Hypochondria.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Sweating sickness.

    2. Gout.

    3. Rickets.

    4. Syphilis.

    5. Bronchitis.

    6. Tuberculosis.

    7. Laziness

      Laziness; low motivation.

    8. Poor industrial relations and the resulting economic weakness.

    9. Masochism, especially a fondness for flagellation.

    10. Gambling.

    11. Haemophilia.

    12. Homosexuality.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA