English Explanatory Dictionary

sickhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital.

Word forms

sickhouse sickhouses

Etymology

From Middle English sykhous, sek hous (“hospital”, literally “a house for the sick”), equivalent to sick + house. Cognate with West Frisian sikehûs (“hospital”), Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Swedish sjukhus (“hospital”), Icelandic sjúkrahús (“hospital”). Compare also German Krankenhaus (“hospital”), Saterland Frisian Kroankenhuus (“hospital”), Old English lǣċehūs (“hospital”).

Synonyms

infirmary
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