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| —n | |
| a former name for influenza | |
| [C18: from French grippe, from gripper to seize, of Germanic origin; see | |
| grip or grip | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from French grippe, from gripper to seize, of Germanic origin; see | |
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Grippe
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
grippe
1776, from Fr. grippe "influenza," originally "seizure," from gripper "to grasp, hook," of Frank. origin, from P.Gmc. *gripanan (see grip). Supposedly in reference to constriction of the throat felt by sufferers; the word spread through European languages after the influenza
epidemic during the Rus. occupation of Prussia in the Seven Years' War (c.1760).
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Medical Dictionary
grippe or grip (grĭp)
n.
See influenza.
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