"malaria" (oddly defined), 1715; antedates OED2 1740--
W Brewer
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Thu Jul 31 20:43:49 UTC 2014
<<malacia, ae, f., I) Windstille auf dem Meere, tanta subito malacia ac
tranquillitas (Ruhe) exstitit, ut etc., Caes. b. G. 3, 15, 3: ubi per
malaciam maris anguis proximum Aesculapii fanum petiit, Aur. Vict. de vir.
ill. 22, 3. – im Bilde, in otio inconcusso iacēre non est tranquillitas:
malacia est, Sen. ep. 67, 14. – II) (v. μαλακία), gänzlicher Mangel an
Appetit, Appetitlosigkeit, Ekel, stomachi, Plin. 27, 48: absol., Plin. 23,
107.>>
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