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Meaning of fever lurden | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Lurgy. (laziness regarded as a notional disease)

dated, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“Faith of its owne nature is very laborious , and whiles it is ſtrong and healthy, tyes her ſelfe duely to her Taske , and is alwayes at worke : Yet ſometimes , the Fever Lurden having caught her , ſhee begins to bee lazie, and to have no lift to worke. Nay , then it is Holy-day , and Vacation-time with her, til ſhee recover her ſelfe againe.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

fever pitch fever powder fever swamp fever tea fever trap fever tree