Definition of "brain-fever" [brain-fever]

• Alternative spelling of brain fever. (noun)

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• "Last, but not least of the common Himalayan cuckoos, are the famous brain-fever birds, whose crescendo _brain-fever_, _BRAIN-FEVER_,"
• ""brain-fever, _brain-fever_, BRAIN-FEVER," each "brain-fever" being louder and pitched in a higher key than the previous one, until the bird reaches its top note."
• "When she wouldn't do it, he kept on worrying her until she got brain-fever, and for six weeks was at death's door."