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ˈscarlet ˈfever
a. A contagious febrile disease, distinguished by a scarlet efflorescence of the skin and of the mucous membrane of the mouth and pharynx. Also known as scarlatina.
1676J. Cooke Marrow Chirurg. vi. ii. (1685) 214 The first and last [i.e. Small-Pox and Rossalia] of these were in Warwick at the writing hereof; the last going under the name of Scarlet Fever. 1799M. Underwood Dis. Childhood (ed. 4) I. 227 Whenever the Scarlet-fever becomes epidemic among adults, children rarely fail being attacked by it in great numbers. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair i, Poor Miss Birch died of the scarlet fever. 1876J. S. Bristowe Theory & Pract. Med. (1878) 156 Down to the sixteenth or seventeenth century scarlet fever was confounded with measles.
b. An instance or an attack of this disease. rare.
1775Sheridan St. Patr. Day i. i, He had rather see his daughter in a scarlet fever than in the arms of a soldier. 1870–2Liddon Elem. Relig. iv. §1, [He] will be..as well as another who may have happily survived a scarlet fever.
†c. joc. A passion for soldiers, with reference to their scarlet uniforms. Obs.
1861B. Hemyng in H. Mayhew London Labour (1862) Extra vol. 235 Nurse-maids..are always ready to succumb to the ‘scarlet fever’. A red coat is all powerful with this class. 1890Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang. II. 206/1 Ladies who run after military society are said to have scarlet fever. |