English Explanatory Dictionary

English disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. Football (soccer) hooliganism.
  2. Depression (especially suicidal).
  3. Hypochondria.
  4. Sweating sickness.
  5. Gout.
  6. Rickets.
  7. Syphilis.
  8. Bronchitis.
  9. Tuberculosis.
  10. Laziness; low motivation.
  11. Poor industrial relations and the resulting economic weakness.
  12. Masochism, especially a fondness for flagellation.

Word forms

English disease the English disease

Etymology

A calque of phrases from various languages, including the French maladie anglaise, Polish angielska choroba, German englische Krankheit, and the Russian англи́йская боле́знь (anglíjskaja boléznʹ).

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