Saint Anthony's fire
Saint Anthony's fire
Origin:
1570–80
1570–80
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| Saint Anthony's fire | |
| —n | |
| pathol ergotism another name for erysipelas | |
| [C16: so named because praying to St Anthony was believed to effect a cure] | |
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Saint Anthony's fire
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Medical Dictionary
Saint Anthony's fire Saint An·tho·ny's fire (ān'thə-nēz)
n.
See erysipelas.
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