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French disease

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Syphilis. dated, euphemistic, uncountable

    "Although the Inquisition trials dealing with the French disease are few in number, the cases provide competing opinions about the cause of illness, thereby providing some insights into how the categories of natural and supernatural[…]"

Etymology

So called because it was spread by returning French troops in mediaeval times.

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