cabin fever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A condition of restlessness and irritability caused by being in a confined space.
  2. Typhus.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

cabin fever

Etymology

In the current sense coined or popularized in a novel of the same name in 1918. See cite below.

Derived words

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