fever-lurgyn.

Brit.

/ˈfiːvələːɡi/, U.S.

/ˈfivərˌlərɡi/

Forms: 1700s feaver-lurgy, 1800s fever-largie (Scottish), 1900s– fever-lurgy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fever n.¹, lurgy n.

Etymology: < fever n.¹ + lurgy n., after fever-lurden n. Compare later lurgy fever n. at lurgy n. and adj. Compounds.Compare also later English regional (Cornwall) fever-lurk (late 19th cent.), and also English regional (Cornwall) fever of lurk (late 19th cent.), U.S. regional (southern) fever and lurk(s) (20th cent.), all in the same sense.

English regional and Scottish (rare (now historical)).

Laziness, indolence, esp. regarded as a medical condition. Cf. fever-lurden n.

ΚΠ

1769 W. Borlase Antiq. Cornwall (rev. ed.) Gloss. 444/1 Lurgy, qu. feaver lurgy, i.e. the Fever of Laziness; a pretended Fever; i.e. no Fever at all.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fever-largie, expl. ‘Two stomachs to eat, and none to work’; county unknown.

1935 H. E. Palmer Mistletoe Child xxv. 178 When in the middle of lessons I would yawn and stretch myself out, saying that I was very tired and felt ill and was sickening for fever, she would reply humorously, if somewhat scathingly: ‘Fever-lurgy, that's what you've got.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fever-lurgy
释义	fever-lurgyn. Brit. /ˈfiːvələːɡi/, U.S. /ˈfivərˌlərɡi/ Forms: 1700s feaver-lurgy, 1800s fever-largie (Scottish), 1900s– fever-lurgy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fever n.¹, lurgy n. Etymology: < fever n.¹ + lurgy n., after fever-lurden n. Compare later lurgy fever n. at lurgy n. and adj. Compounds.Compare also later English regional (Cornwall) fever-lurk (late 19th cent.), and also English regional (Cornwall) fever of lurk (late 19th cent.), U.S. regional (southern) fever and lurk(s) (20th cent.), all in the same sense. English regional and Scottish (rare (now historical)). Laziness, indolence, esp. regarded as a medical condition. Cf. fever-lurden n. ΚΠ 1769 W. Borlase Antiq. Cornwall (rev. ed.) Gloss. 444/1 Lurgy, qu. feaver lurgy, i.e. the Fever of Laziness; a pretended Fever; i.e. no Fever at all. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fever-largie, expl. ‘Two stomachs to eat, and none to work’; county unknown. 1935 H. E. Palmer Mistletoe Child xxv. 178 When in the middle of lessons I would yawn and stretch myself out, saying that I was very tired and felt ill and was sickening for fever, she would reply humorously, if somewhat scathingly: ‘Fever-lurgy, that's what you've got.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769
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