Sickly, adj. diseased, not in health (quite == sick, but usually joined to a subst., whereas sick is oftener in the predicate): “the uncertain s. appetite to please,” Sonn. 147, 4. “I am not such a s. creature,” Wiv. III, 4, 61 (to make my will). “if s. ears will hear your idle scorns,” LLL V, 2, 873. “she has raised me from my s. bed,” All's II, 3, 118. “hence, thou s. quoif,” H4B I, 1, 147. H5 III, 6, 164. IV, 2, 20. R3 I, 1, 136. II, 1, 42. Caes. II, 4, 14. V, 1, 87 (cf. John IV, 3, 153). Hml. III, 3, 96. III, 4, 80. Lr. II, 4, 112. == disordered in general: “this s. land might solace as before,” R3 II, 3, 30. “the s. weal,” Mcb. V, 2, 27. == dim: “in whose fresh regard weak sights their s. radiance do amend,” Compl. 214.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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