To kill a mockingbird means to destroy innocence. Tom Roninson, and Boo Radley can be identified as
mockingbirds — they are innocents whove been injured or destroyed by evil
<u>Disease</u>- something infectious or infected (<em>diseased</em>). It does not work properly. Not functioning, sick.
<u>Roots</u>
It comes from the Old French language.
It was originally spelled desaise.