calenture
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of calenture
1585–95; earlier calentura < Spanish: fever, equivalent to calent ( ar ) to heat (< Latin calent-, stem of calēns, present participle of calēre to be hot) + -ura -ure
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This drink, or this cooling Julip, of which three spoonfuls kills the Calenture, a pint breeds the cold Palsie.
From The Scornful Lady by Fletcher, John
Calenture, kal′en-tūr, n. a kind of fever or delirium occurring on board ship in hot climates.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Calenture, or Cuban malarial fever, comes on rather suddenly with a chill of greater or less severity and a violent headache.
From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George
Calenture soon became epidemic, and in less than a fortnight there were thousands of cases, and nearly one half of the army was unfit for active service, if not completely disabled.
From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George
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