‖galsiekte, noun
- Forms:
- Show more Formerly also gall-ziekte, gal zeickte, gal-ziekte, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans, gal gall + siekte (earlier South African Dutch ziekte) disease.
1. Pathology
a. gallsickness sense 1 a.
[1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Yrs N. of Orange River 261The Dutch call it ‘gall-ziekte;’ the English, inflammation...A horse which has recovered from this sickness never gets it again, and, according to the colonial phrase, he is..a ‘salted horse.’]
b. With defining word: dronkgalsiekte/drɔŋk-/ [Afrikaans, dronk drunk], heartwater sense 1.
1973 Cape Times 1 June 5There was the cattle farmer who was given a cure, an ‘infallible’ cure, for dronkgalsiekte plaguing his calfs [sic].
2. combination
galsiektebos/-bɔs/, also galziekte bosch, [Afrikaans, bos (earlier bosch) bush], the naturalized Central American plant Chenopodium ambrosiodes of the Chenopodiaceae, a member of the goosefoot family, believed to be a cure for galsiekte.
1912 Agric. Jrnl of Union Aug. 177A strong smelling weed, often sent to us under the name galziekte bosch, and considered by many farmers to be a cure for galziekte.
dronkgalsiekte/drɔŋk-/ [Afrikaans, dronk drunk], heartwater sense 1.
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