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.
A little boy suffering from an illness. Illness is defined as a sickness or disease, or to a period of sickness and disease. A cold or a virus is an example of an illness. illness. illness.