pervigilium
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A Pervigilium is sometimes a primary Distemper, without any other evident Sickness causing it; yet so that some bear up under it, without any considerable Disorder […]"
- "Pervigilium, or want of sleep, is a most distressing and alarming symptom in fever, and appears to be the first link of that chain which includes delirium, coma, and effusion[…]there is nothing more indicative of the severity of the disease than the inability to sleep."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pervigilium.