camp fever

See also: camp-fever

English

WOTD – 29 April 2021

Etymology

From camp + fever.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmp ˌfiːvə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmp ˌfivɚ/
• Hyphenation: camp fev‧er

Noun

camp fever (uncountable)

1. (archaic) An infectious disease causing fever that spreads in camps, specifically typhus.

Alternative forms

• camp-fever

Translations

infectious disease that spreads in camps

typhus — see typhus

Further reading

• typhus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “camp-fever, n.” under “camp, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021.
• “camp fever”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.