Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sun fever

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: sun fever
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Recently, instances of ictus soils, or solar asphyxia, as it is more correctly called, have been much less frequent; but in the mean time, cases of solar or sun fever have increased rapidly throughout the city."
"In malaria and sun fever the patient has frequent chills, which differ in some respects, a fact which is of great diagnostic value."
"Her lips were swollen real bad and it looked like she had the sun fever."
"“This is more than sun fever,” their mother said. “Help me to get his tunic off.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

sun fevers (plural)

Questions

What does sun fever mean?: A feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.

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