What part of speech is malady?

Answer 1

Bryan's grandmother has a continuous malady that will go on through the rest of her life.

Answer 2

"This irritating malady is highly contagious."

Answer 3

The word malady is a noun that means illness or disease. My sister constantly exaggerates her health problems and complains of one malady after another.

Answer 4

When my friends ask, "How are you?", I just pick one malady to bore them with instead of the whole gamut.

Answer 5

The word malady is a noun. The plural is maladies.