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sweating sickness

sweating sickness noun: an unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.

Noun

sweating sickness (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.
    Synonyms:
    English sweat, sudor anglicus

sweating sickness meaning in Tamil

sweating sickness in Tamil

வியர்வைக் காய்ச்சல் நோய்

Synonyms of sweating sickness

Questions about sweating sickness

What does sweating sickness mean?
Sweating sickness means an unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.
What is sweating sickness in Tamil?
Sweating sickness in Tamil is வியர்வைக் காய்ச்சல் நோய். See Sweating sickness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sweating sickness?
Sweating sickness is a noun.

Words near sweating sickness in the dictionary

  1. sweating like a nigger on election day
  2. sweating like a whore in church
  3. sweating off
  4. sweating one's guts out
  5. sweating out
  6. sweating sickness
  7. sweating the small stuff
  8. sweatingly
  9. sweatings
  10. sweatish
  11. sweatless

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