单词 | little fever |
释义 | > as lemmaslittle fever little fever n. [translating classical Latin febrīcula febricula n.] now historical and rare a febrile illness in which the fever is of low grade or short duration; (in later use) esp. typhus or typhoid fever.The febricula or little fever described by Richard Manningham (see quot. 1746) is sometimes taken to be chronic fatigue syndrome. ΚΠ ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi v. sig. E.iii Truely I had ben fortunate & happy, if I myght haue made dethe also afrayde: But dethe that ouercometh all thynges, dyd ouercome me, yea, with a lytell feuer [L. febricula]. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiv. iv. 246 I for my part, as becommeth an Emperour and noble Commaunder,..will alone die standing on my feet, readie to contemne this life of mine, which some little fever or other, will bereave me of [L. quam mihi febricula eripiet vna]. 1746 R. Manningham (title) The symptoms, nature, causes, and cure of the febricula, or little fever: commonly called the nervous or hysteric fever. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Fever Little fever, typhoid fever. 1894 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. II. i. 70 It is not quite clear whether Strother's fever with relapses and jaundice corresponded exactly to the little fever, hysteric fever, or nervous fever of the same years. 1991 Biol. Psychiatry 30 747 The syndromal presentation of chronic fatigue, feverishness, diffuse pains and other constitutional complaints..has a lengthy history... Sir Richard Manningham wrote, in 1750, of the ‘febricula’ or ‘little fever’ which presented with a variety of constitutional complaints, but few objective clinical findings. < as lemmas |
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