c.1300, from Anglo-French weyver to abandon, waive, Old French weyver, guever to abandon, give back, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse veifa to swing about, from Proto-Germanic *waibijanan (see waif). In Middle English legal language, used of rights, goods, or women. Related: Waived; waiving.
1. : affected with a disease or illness: ill. â sometimes used figuratively. â see also airsick, carsick, seasick. He is at home sick in bed. She is sick with the flu. I'm too sick to go to work. a sick dog. The medicine just made me sicker. The sickest patients are in intensive care.
Definition of hospital. 1  1 : a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young. 2  2 : an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care âusually used in British English without an article after a preposition. 3  3 : a repair shop for specified small objects a clock hospital.