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fever fog

fever fog noun: any mist rising from swampy ground, formerly believed to cause fever; a miasma.

Noun

fever fog (plural fever fogs)

  1. Any mist rising from swampy ground, formerly believed to cause fever; a miasma.
    • Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground, and by deep and sullen pools fringed with tall rushes, in which the bitterns boomed and the frogs croaked incessantly: miles on miles of it without a break, unless the fever fog can be called a break.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of fever fog

pluralfever fogs

Questions about fever fog

What does fever fog mean?
Fever fog means any mist rising from swampy ground, formerly believed to cause fever; a miasma.
What part of speech is fever fog?
Fever fog is a noun.
What is the plural of fever fog?
The plural of fever fog is fever fogs.

Words near fever fog in the dictionary

  1. fever clinics
  2. fever coat
  3. fever coats
  4. fever dream
  5. fever dreams
  6. fever fog
  7. fever fogs
  8. fever grass
  9. fever grasses
  10. fever lurden
  11. fever pitch

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