Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Disease
disdainfuldisembody (disembodies)
disease, n. [ME; dis- + ease; see ease, n.] (webplay: action, cure).
- Discomfort; distress; annoyance; grievance.
- Illness; infection; sickness; infirmity; complaint; disorder; affliction; (see Exodus 15:26).
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