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Definition of "jungle-fever" []

  • A severe variety of remittent fever prevalent in the East Indies and other tropical regions. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "jungle-fever" in a sentence
  • "I thought that was going to be a quickie jungle-fever thing."
  • "She was not going to give that up to be a bootylicious, jungle-fever fantasy for a man who was lonely for his wife."
  • "Instead of accompanying the Viceroy to Allahabad she had gone to Darjeeling, and on her return, anxious to make sketches of the beautiful jungle scenery, she arranged, alas! contrary to the advice of those with her, to spend one night in the _terai_, [4] where she contracted jungle-fever, to which she succumbed ten days after her return to"
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