adoecer

Meaning

1. (archaic) to sicken
2. (intransitive) to ache, suffer pain
3. (intransitive) to suffer rabies
4. (figuratively, intransitive) to anger
5. (figuratively, intransitive) to despair
6. (figuratively, intransitive) to covet

Pronounced as (IPA)

[aðoeˈθeɾ]

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: adoecer

Cognate with Spanish: adolecer

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese adoecer (“to sicken”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin *addolēscō, from dolēscō. Compare Portuguese adoecer and Spanish adolecer.