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tertians

tertians is the plural of tertian.

Meaning of tertian

Noun

tertian (plural tertians)

  1. A tertian fever.
    • And although we feele it not, it is not to bee doubted, if a continuall ague may in the end suppresse our mind, a tertian will also (according to her measure and proportion) breed some alteration in it.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity (one-third of a tun's).
    Synonyms:
    puncheon
  3. A Jesuit going through tertianship.

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Questions about tertians

What is tertians the plural of?
Tertians is the plural of tertian.

Words near tertians in the dictionary

  1. terthiophenes
  2. terti-
  3. tertial
  4. tertials
  5. tertian
  6. tertians
  7. tertianship
  8. tertianships
  9. tertiapin
  10. tertiaries
  11. tertiarily

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