Definition of "diseaseful" in English

adjective

1. Full of, afflicted by, or causing diseases.

   • a diseaseful climate

2. (obsolete) Causing uneasiness.

   • c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court For where the majesty of a king's house draws recourse and access, it is both disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people, if the ways near-abouts be not fair and good […]