Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEN'GUE
DEN'GUE, n. [The word dandy, a ninny, mistaken by the Spanish for their word dengue, prudery.]
A peculiar sort of fugitive and erratic epidemic rheumatism.
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DEN'GUE, n. [The word dandy, a ninny, mistaken by the Spanish for their word dengue, prudery.]
A peculiar sort of fugitive and erratic epidemic rheumatism.
Return to page 57 of the letter “D”.