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english sweat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
en-glish sweat
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease that had outbreaks in 16th-century Tudor England, and latterly into Europe, that had the characteristic of uncontrollable continuous extreme sweating, leading to death within hours, and now thought to be caused by hantavirus.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

Picardy sweat

Synonyms

sudor anglicus English sweating English sweating sickness the sweats sweats

Questions

What does english sweat mean?
A disease that had outbreaks in 16th-century Tudor England, and latterly into Europe, that had the characteristic of uncontrollable continuous extreme sweating, leading to death within hours, and now thought to be caused by hantavirus.

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