rash fever en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete) A type of feverish illness accompanied by a rash.
I dined at my brother T.D.'s, where Veronica and Jamie should have been, but they were both ill, Veronica of a cold, Jamie of the rash fever.
1790, James Boswell, edited by Danziger & Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rash fevers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |