typhus, typhus fever
(noun) rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
Source: WordNet® 3.1
typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses)
(pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
• camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever
Source: Wiktionary
Ty"phus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. dh smoke.] (Med.)
Definition: A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
