Quartan (adj)
kwor-tun
Denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day.
Late Middle English: from Latin ( febris) quartana, based on Latin quartus ‘fourth’ (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day).
Example sentences
“He had quartan fever for months after his return.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
