alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox
(noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alastrim (uncountable)
(medicine) A milder variant of smallpox
• variola minor
• amaas
• Cuban itch
• kaffir pox
• West Indian pox
• milk pox
• pseudovariola
• white pox
• Martials, alarmist, martials, salatrim
Source: Wiktionary
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
