Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweating sickness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: sweat-ing sick-ness
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

English sweat sudor anglicus miliary fever

Questions

What does sweating sickness mean?: An unidentified, highly virulent disease with aches and sweating, the cause of a series of epidemics in England and Europe between 1485 and 1551.

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