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rash fever

rash fever noun: a type of feverish illness accompanied by a rash.

Noun

rash fever (plural rash fevers)

  1. (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 of rash fever

pluralrash fevers

Questions about rash fever

What does rash fever mean?
Rash fever means a type of feverish illness accompanied by a rash.
What part of speech is rash fever?
Rash fever is a noun.
What is the plural of rash fever?
The plural of rash fever is rash fevers.

Words near rash fever in the dictionary

  1. rasgueo
  2. rasgueos
  3. rasgulla
  4. rasgullas
  5. rash
  6. rash fever
  7. rash fevers
  8. rash guard
  9. rash guards
  10. rash up
  11. rash vest

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