sickSICK, a. [Qu.Gr. squeamish, lothing.] 1. Affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach. [This is probably the primary sense of the word.] Hence, 2. Disgusted; having a strong dislike to; with of; as, to be sick of flattery; to be sick of a country life. He was not so sick of his master as of his work. L'Estrange. 3. Affected with a disease of any kind; not in health; followed by of; as to be sick of a fever. 4. Corrupted. [Not in use nor proper.] 5. The sick, the person or persons affected with the disease. The sick are healed. SICK, v.t. To make sick. [Not in use. See Sicken.] |