brain fevern.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪn ˌfiːvə/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪn ˌfivər/

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

Etymology: < brain n. + fever n.¹

Now chiefly historical.

Inflammation of the brain or meninges; encephalitis or meningitis; a disease (supposedly) characterized or accompanied by such inflammation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > inflammation of brain

phrenesisa1529

siriasis1601

phrenitis1621

brain fever1772

phrenicula1793

cephalitis1811

cerebritis1866

1772 J. Baillie Infl. Crucified Saviour 8 The sinner, like a patient in a brain fever, laughs and sports, and thinks himself in perfect health.

1795 A. Stewart Nat. Production Hair 6 The Hair is often known to come off immediately after strong brain fevers.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 600 Meningic or brain fever.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiii. 166 I had a brain fever, which lasted six or seven days.

1880 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 May 726/2 She had milk- and brain-fever after the birth of her first child.

1928 Lancet 25 Feb. 406/1 The ‘English Sweats’ of 1485 and onwards..were accompanied or followed by convulsive ergotism, epidemic agues, volatile typhus, and encephalitis or brain fevers.

1968 News (Frederick, Maryland) 24 Oct. c6/8 A quassia cup..was an old-fashioned remedy that people had for everything from rheumatism through brain fever.

1999 Esquire Mar. 113/1 We had seen about fifty cases: gay men..with multiple infections simultaneously, some with pneumonia and brain fever at the same time—what we would call encephalitis.

Derivatives

ˈbrain-fevered adj. affected with brain fever; frequently figurative.

ΚΠ

1815 Antijacobin Rev. & True Churchman's Mag. Dec. 536 We will fight for our God, for our King and his throne, 'Gainst the brain-fevered hell-hound of France.

1890 R. Kipling Life's Handicap Aug. 198 The steady throb of a swollen artery inside some brain-fevered skull.

1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost i. ix. 206 I was not brainwashed so much as brain-fevered.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	brain fever
释义	brain fevern. Brit. /ˈbreɪn ˌfiːvə/, U.S. /ˈbreɪn ˌfivər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brain n., fever n.¹ Etymology: < brain n. + fever n.¹ Now chiefly historical. Inflammation of the brain or meninges; encephalitis or meningitis; a disease (supposedly) characterized or accompanied by such inflammation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > inflammation of brain phrenesisa1529 siriasis1601 phrenitis1621 brain fever1772 phrenicula1793 cephalitis1811 cerebritis1866 1772 J. Baillie Infl. Crucified Saviour 8 The sinner, like a patient in a brain fever, laughs and sports, and thinks himself in perfect health. 1795 A. Stewart Nat. Production Hair 6 The Hair is often known to come off immediately after strong brain fevers. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 600 Meningic or brain fever. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiii. 166 I had a brain fever, which lasted six or seven days. 1880 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 May 726/2 She had milk- and brain-fever after the birth of her first child. 1928 Lancet 25 Feb. 406/1 The ‘English Sweats’ of 1485 and onwards..were accompanied or followed by convulsive ergotism, epidemic agues, volatile typhus, and encephalitis or brain fevers. 1968 News (Frederick, Maryland) 24 Oct. c6/8 A quassia cup..was an old-fashioned remedy that people had for everything from rheumatism through brain fever. 1999 Esquire Mar. 113/1 We had seen about fifty cases: gay men..with multiple infections simultaneously, some with pneumonia and brain fever at the same time—what we would call encephalitis. Derivatives ˈbrain-fevered adj. affected with brain fever; frequently figurative. ΚΠ 1815 Antijacobin Rev. & True Churchman's Mag. Dec. 536 We will fight for our God, for our King and his throne, 'Gainst the brain-fevered hell-hound of France. 1890 R. Kipling Life's Handicap Aug. 198 The steady throb of a swollen artery inside some brain-fevered skull. 1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost i. ix. 206 I was not brainwashed so much as brain-fevered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772
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