Read full poem →For like my mother am I stung and slain,
And round my cheeks have such red malady
And on my lips such fire and foam as hers.
Dictionary Entry
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. maladymalady samemalady fatalmalady mental
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Poetry examples for “malady”
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Read full poem →Now art was tired without success,
No racks could make the stubborn malady confess.
The vain insurancers of life,
Read full poem →They could not in the self-same mansion dwell
Without some stir of heart, some malady;
They could not sit at meals but feel how well
Read full poem →Adopting his portraits, are pleased with their own.
Say, where has our poet this malady caught,
Or wherefore his characters thus without fault?
Read full poem →Adopting his portraits, are pleas’d with their own.
Say, where has our poet this malady caught?
Or, wherefore his characters thus without fault?
Read full poem →Cowper's malady renders him insensible to her loss 443