dengue

Meaning of dengue

noun

a debilitating viral disease of the tropics, transmitted by mosquitoes, and causing sudden fever and acute pains in the joints.

early 19th century: from West Indian Spanish, from Kiswahili dinga (in full kidingapopo ), influenced by Spanish dengue ‘fastidiousness’ (with reference to the dislike of movement by affected patients).

Information about dengue

Hyphenation of dengue

dengue

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • dengue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of dengue

unedge

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