Obs. also 7 egritude. [ad. L. ægritūdo sickness, f. æger sick: see -TUDE.] Sickness.
1532. Henry VIII., in Burnet, Hist. Ref., II. 168. We have augmented our ægritude and distress.
1610. Healey, St. Aug., City of God, XIV. vii. (1620), 478. That sorrow which Tully had rather call egritude and Virgil dolour.
1647. R. Baron, Cyprian Acad., 34 (N.). Now, now we symbolize in egritude And simpathize in Cupid’s malady.
