English Explanatory Dictionary

ladies' fever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Syphilis.

Word forms

ladies' fever

Etymology

An example of blaming women for sexually transmitted diseases, even though promiscuous sex, extramarital sex, prostitution, and rape are vices more popular with men than with women.

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