sibbens

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noun

A contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. It was thought to be like syphillis.

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Meanings

nounsibbens (uncountable)

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  1. uncountablemedicineA contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. It was thought to be like syphillis.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bejel

Origin

Uncertain.

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APA

sibbens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sibbens

MLA

“sibbens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sibbens. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sibbens,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sibbens.

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