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breakbone fever

breakbone fever
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [breyk-bohn]
    • /ˈbreɪkˌboʊn/
    • /brˈeɪkbəʊn fˈiːvə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [breyk-bohn]
    • /ˈbreɪkˌboʊn/

Definitions of breakbone fever words

  • noun breakbone fever dengue 3
  • noun breakbone fever dengue. 1
  • noun breakbone fever (pathology) dengue fever. 0
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Origin of breakbone fever

First appearance:

before 1860
One of the 29% newest English words
1860-65; break + bone, so called because it makes the bones ache as if breaking at the joints

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Parts of speech for Breakbone fever

noun
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adverb
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breakbone fever popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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