Join free

morbs

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

MORBs¹

noun

  1. plural plural of MORB

morbs²

Where it comes from

Perhaps from morbid, ultimately from Latin morbus (“malady (of body or mind), distress”).

noun

  1. obsolete, plural, plural only Physical or mental illness or infirmity. For in veracity these Times denote Morbs to the Sane, and Obits to th' Ægrote; And alterate the suavest Pulchritude To the Complection of its native Mud.
  2. archaic, informal, plural, plural only One who suffers from melancholia or depression. As a whole, New York audiences are the most responsive because they are made up largely of the happy, care-free transients, the human beings who come to New York to laugh. […] They are not wise as the morbs are, they are just happy, and natural and alive.
  3. archaic, informal, plural, plural only, with the A state of melancholy, sadness, ennui. For whatever reasons, an astonishing assortment of English idioms (some dating to Elizabethan times) existed in the nineteenth century to literally give sorrow words: one spoke of the “blackdogs”, the “blue devils”, the “dismals”, the “dumps”, the “hyps”, the “mopes”, the “morbs”, the “mulligrubs”,

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"morbs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/morbs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

morbs. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/morbs

Chicago

"morbs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/morbs.

BibTeX
@misc{morbs_2026,
  title = {morbs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morbs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}