See Also: Affected(medicine)
affected(dictionary)
affected(dictionary)

anthrax (oh) and affected (iou)


anthrax (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, 'coal, large red swelling on the skin']
a serious disease affecting cattle and sheep, which can affect humans

affected (iou)



affected adjective. M16.
[Branch I from AFFECT verb1 + -ED1; branch II from AFFECT ppl adjective + -ED1; branch III from AFFECT verb2 + -ED1: senses to some extent confused through formal identity.]
I.
Artificially assumed or displayed; pretended; (of language) stilted. M16.
Of a person: full of affectation, artificial. L16.
Sought after, aimed at. L16-M17.
Fondly held; loved. L16-E18.
II.
Disposed, inclined (usu. with adverb of manner). M16.
esp. Favourably disposed, partial, (to). M16-L17.
III.
Attacked by a disease, afflicted. E17.
a. Mentally influenced; moved, touched in the feelings, (by, with). E17.
b. Of a thing: influenced, acted upon, (by). M18.
Specially allotted. E17.
affectedness noun = AFFECTATION 3 E17.