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To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.

lent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.

uilding, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.

A person affected with leprosy.

Affected or tainted with leprosy.

Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n.

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).

The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.

One affected with lycanthropy.

One affected by the disease lycanthropy.

ld with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." Dryden.

Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly, adv. [Archaic] Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. Milton.

Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac. -- Ma*ni"a*cal*ly, adv.

Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt.

Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. -- Meal"y-mouth`ness, n.

Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.

A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

One affected with a gloomy state of mind. J. Spenser.