be sick
noseo describes being sick, used of a person marked by an unhealthy interest in controversies and word-quarrels.
The attested use applies sickness language to a person characterized by an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words.
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Sickly preoccupation with disputes · dominant
In 1 Timothy 6:4, νοσῶν is a present active nominative singular masculine participle describing the person who is puffed up and understands nothing; the APB renders the surrounding clause as having “an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 6:4, the APB presents the clause with “an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words.” This wording confirms the verse context without isolating a single English equivalent.