morbid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   abnormally preoccupied with death or disease; gruesome

   He had a morbid fascination with the history of plagues.

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Simplified etymology

Morbid comes from Latin morbus “disease.” It was first used in the mid-17th century to mean “indicative of disease”; the sense “gloomy” or “unhealthy” arose in the late 18th century.

From Latin morbidus ('diseased, sickly'), from morbus ('disease, sickness'), perhaps from morī ('to die').

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