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sweating sickness

noun

Simple meaning

A disease of cattle.

Pronunciation

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swehtihngsiknuhs

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈswɛtɪŋˈsɪknəs

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Definition

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noun

  1. historicalpathology

    A disease of cattle (especially calves)

  2. Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

  3. historicalpathology

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

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality

Used this way, sweating sickness is a specialist word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.

Emotional tone
Positive
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Gentle
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Rich and abundant
Usage feel
Clinical and detached

Where it naturally appears

  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.

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