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Pronunciation: /məˈles/
Definition:
1. Afflicted with illness or disease.
2. Characterized by poor health or debilitation.
3. Depicting symptoms indicative of sickness.
4. Describing a weakened or unhealthy state.

Significance:
• It defines individuals experiencing ill health.
• It emphasizes signs and symptoms of disease.
• It identifies medical conditions affecting well-being.
• It avoids confusing synonyms and overlapping meanings.
• It simplifies diagnosis and symptom description.
• It improves clarity in health communications.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "sick".
Adjective: malesse
Examples:
• "She (illa) spent weeks (septanes) in bed due to her malesse condition."
• "His persistent cough (tussion) indicated a serious malesse state."
• "The doctor confirmed his malesse diagnosis."
• "Exercise can alleviate mild forms of malesse."
• "Environmental factors exacerbated her malesse symptoms."
malesse by Dmitrio November 4, 2025
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Malese Dale

A person extremely socialy awkward. Natural habitat contains re-runs of the office while eating a whole sleeve of oreos.
Dude you see that Malese Dale?
Nah bro where?! O wait now I see it what the fuckkkkk
Malese Dale by woahhhhnelly October 10, 2012
Related Words
Female version of mans, such as the song title: Mans not hot would become; Manesse not hot if the artist were a female. In this day and age there should be a polite way to address females.
“Aye bruv, do you see dat pitf manesse over there? She’s my ting.
Manesse by SAMICH Original January 1, 2018
Maleshe is the exact opposite to shemale. a person that looks like a man, but have a vagina instead of a penis.
OH! look! a maleshe!
Maleshe by Peo_number2! May 6, 2010
The sexiest girl you have ever met. Gives good blow jobs. And is fucking funny
I love Matesse
matesse by Immaspud May 15, 2018
A strong and hardworking woman. Who has a great amount of determination and very well knows her worth. She uses her time very wisely. She’s a inspiration to those around her and an amazing friend.
She’s such an amazing friend to them. She must be a Malisse.
Malisse by Madi 💛 November 21, 2018
A great person who is nice and kind...piss her off malisse will rip u to shreds
Hey don't mess with malisse.
malisse by Resse123 February 20, 2017
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