Definition of "grippe" [grippe]

• See influenza. (noun)

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• "Anna Pavlovna had been coughing for several days, and had what she called the grippe (grippe then being a new word, used only by the few), and therefore had not attended at court nor even left the house."
• "The grippe has been the most fruitful cause of middle-ear inflammation and earache in recent years."
• "She said for one thing, that it was the hard-boiled eggs and the state of the house that did it, and when I said that the grippe was a germ, she retorted that I had probably brought it to her on my clothing."