late 13c., from Old French maladie "sickness, illness, disease" (13c.), from malade "ill" (12c.), from Latin male habitus "doing poorly, feeling sick," literally "ill-conditioned," from male "badly" (see mal-) + habitus, past participle of habere "have, hold" (see habit (n.)). Related: Maladies.
例文
1. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady .
彼は21歳の時に障害の重い病気にかかった。
2.He tried the bathes there for an internal malady .
彼はそこへ温泉に行って内科病を入浴した。
3.Malaria is a kind of serious malady .
マラリアは深刻な病気である。
4."It is the sort of malady which we call monomania,"said the doctor.