English Explanatory Dictionary

purple death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of Spanish influenza.

Word forms

purple death

Etymology

From purple + death. From cyanosis due to difficulty breathing, which would turn the skin purple.

Synonyms

Spanish influenza
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary