ˈdeath-sick, a.
[death n. 18 d.]
Sick unto death, mortally sick or ill. So ˈdeath-ˌsickness, mortal illness.
| 1628 Bp. Hall Quo Vadis? §19 Apparitions..wherewith some of our death-sick gentlemen..haue bin frighted into catholickes. 1661 Petit. E. Chaloner in 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. Commission 147 During his imprisonment..he took his death sickness. 1846 Manning Serm. (1848) II. ii. 33 After the partial cure of a death-sickness. |