sickhouse

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sickhouse

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From Middle English sykhous, sek hous (“hospital”, literally “the house for the sick”), equivalent to sick + house.

Cognate with Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), Norwegian sykehus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Swedish sjukhus (“hospital”), Icelandic sjúkrahús (“hospital”), West Frisian sikehûs (“hospital”).

Compare also German Krankenhaus (“hospital”), Saterland Frisian Kroankenhuus (“hospital”), and Old English lǣċehūs (“hospital”).

noun sickhouses

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.
Similar: infirmary

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@misc{sickhouse_2026,
  title = {sickhouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sickhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}