Who invented the word fever

When Stanhope entered to him, he found his guest lying on a sofa, in a high state of fever, both from his wounds and agitation. If the fever ends by crisis, the crisis is accompanied by a rapid and striking increase.

The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial parasite in fresh blood. New Word List Word List. The day formerly began at sunset, hence Old English Wodnesniht was what we would call "Tuesday night. From late 12c. Day off "day away from work" is attested from ; day-tripper first recorded The days in nowadays , etc.

All in a day's work "something unusual taken as routine" is by Slang : Sometimes Offensive. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. Origin of jungle fever First recorded in —, and in —65 for def. Words nearby jungle fever Junggrammatiker , Jungian , jungle , jungle bunny , jungle cock , jungle fever , jungle fowl , junglegym , jungle juice , jungle rot , jungly.

Words related to jungle fever ague , miasma , paludism. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms , 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boissoneault, Lorraine. Smithsonian Magazine , September 18, Encyclopedia Britannica , online edition. A Retrospect of Words From accessed April 20, Oxford English Dictionary , online edition. Oxford University Press. Fever, cabin fever subscription required, accessed April 20,