morbific

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morbific

/mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/ UK
/mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/ US

Rhymes with -ɪfɪk

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From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”).

adjective more morbific · most morbific · morbifick

That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic. He accepted that the body was a machine, mathematically understandable, but disease was the effort by nature or the soul to expel morbific matter, and physiology was the science of that struggle.
Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.

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@misc{morbific_2026,
  title = {morbific},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morbific},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}