sickhouse
1 synonym for sickhouse, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A place where the sick or injured receive care; a hospital.
Etymology
From Middle English sykhous, sek hous (“hospital”, literally “the house for the sick”), equivalent to sick + house. Cognate with Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), Norwegian sykehus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Sw...
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