Montezuma's revenge

noun Slang.

traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.

Origin of Montezuma's revenge

1960–65, Americanism; in allusion to Montezuma II, who was killed by invading Europeans

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British Dictionary definitions for montezuma's revenge

Montezuma's revenge

noun

informal an acute attack of infectious diarrhoea, esp when experienced in Mexico by tourists

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Word Origin and History for montezuma's revenge

Montezuma's revenge

"severe intestinal infection," such as often suffered by non-natives in Mexico, 1962, in reference to Montezuma II (1466-1520), Aztec ruler at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.