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invalidism

noun

Etymology

From invalid + -ism.

  1. derived from invalidus
  2. borrowed from invalide
  3. suffixed as invalidism — “invalid + ism”

Definitions

  1. The condition of an invalid

    The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.

    • After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs. Morton emitted a final gassy sigh and died, whereas twenty years later Elihu was to go “just like that,” as the neighbors said, from a stroke.

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