Emily Dickinson Lexicon

sickness, n. [see sick, adj.] (webplay: death, die, pain).

1. Plague; scourge; blight; bane.
2. Malady; illness; disease.
3. Nostalgia; longing for home; sense of intense longing.
4. Grief; bereavement; sorrow; mourning; heartache; heartbreak; lovelorn feeling.