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noun

a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.

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Origin of spring fever

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Words nearby spring fever

Springdale, springe, spring ephemeral, springer, springer spaniel, spring fever, Springfield, Springfield rifle, spring for, springform pan, springhaas

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How to use spring fever in a sentence

Pandemic fatigue, warmer weather and a surge in vaccinations have led to a spring fever palpable across much of the country.
Signs of life amid signs of concern in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic|Joel Achenbach, Ryan Slattery, Kayla Ruble, Caren Chesler|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
Reaching the first anniversary of pandemic-related restrictions might also have created more severe cases of early spring fever, experts say.
Americans have started leaving home even more than before the pandemic, cellphone data shows|Katherine Shaver|March 11, 2021|Washington Post
She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Having graduated Juilliard last spring, Alex Sharp is too young to have given the performance of a lifetime.
Hedwig, Hugh & Michael Cera: 12 Powerhouse Theater Performances of 2014|Janice Kaplan|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Althea is now re-scheduled with her surgeon for this spring.
The Insurance Company Promised a Gender Reassignment. Then They Made a Mistake.|James Joiner|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a spring day, and the fat buds of the chestnuts were bursting into magnificent green plumes.
Children's Ways|James Sully
I do not know what I think; all my thoughts seem whirling round as leaves do in brooks in the time of the spring rains.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
In the spring of 1868 he was taken by his mother for a visit to England, and there, in the same year, his sister was born.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Day by day these fretting anxieties and perplexities wasted her strength, and her fever grew higher and higher.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The cat had been about to spring at Grandfather Mole again when Mr. Crow spoke to her.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for spring fever

spring fever

noun

the feeling of restlessness experienced by many people at the onset of spring

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spring fever

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