jungle fever

noun

Any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria.

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Meanings

nounjungle fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAny of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria.

    Thuran, down with an attack of jungle fever, lay in the shelter among the branches of their tree of refuge.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 181
  2. derogatoryslanguncountableAttraction of a person of non-African descent towards people of West, Central, East or Southern African descent.

    Synonyms: black fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAttraction of a person of non-African descent towards people of West, Central, East or Southern African descent.

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black fever
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black fever
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jungle fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jungle%20fever

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“jungle fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jungle%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jungle fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jungle%20fever.

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