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   malady

   /ˈmalədi/

   noun

   • 1. a disease or ailment: literary "an incurable malady"
   • ▪ a serious problem: literary "the nation's maladies"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French maladie, from malade ‘sick’, based on Latin male ‘ill’ + habitus ‘having (as a condition)’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • Y

     4

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