n. [ AS. seócness. ] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. [ 1913 Webster ]
I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Illness; disease; malady. See Illness. [ 1913 Webster ]