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sickhouse

noun

Etymology

From Middle English sykhous, sek hous (“hospital”, literally “a house for the sick”), equivalent to sick + house. Cognate with West Frisian sikehûs (“hospital”), Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Swedish sjukhus (“hospital”), Icelandic sjúkrahús (“hospital”). Compare also German Krankenhaus (“hospital”), Saterland Frisian Kroankenhuus (“hospital”), Old English lǣċehūs (“hospital”).

  1. inherited from sykhous

Definitions

  1. A place where sick or injured people are cared for

    A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital.

    • The sickhouse was a cool, capacious, and convenient building, well adapted to the purpose for which it was used.
    • What was still called the new sickhouse, where people were taken to be tended if their illness was contagious, […]
    • Four months after giving birth to a daughter, Peggy returned to the sickhouse with a "rising breast," […]

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