ailment

noun
/ˈeɪlmənt/

Etymology

From ail + -ment.

  1. inherited from *aglijaną — “to trouble, vex
  2. inherited from *aglijan
  3. inherited from eġlan
  4. inherited from eilen
  5. suffixed as ailment — “ail + ment

Definitions

  1. Something which ails one

    Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

    • Near-synonym: complaint (contextually synonymous)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ailment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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