scarlatina

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

Lili is ill, and I’m afraid it’s scarlatina. — Anna Karenina, Leo, graf Tolstoy
I long to be among them, and named an early day, because measles and scarlatina are coming round again, and only Fanny, and the twins, Gus and Gam, have had either. — Moods, Louisa May Alcott
"And out flew all the ills which flesh is heir to; all the children of the four great bogies, Self-will, Ignorance, Fear, and Dirt--for instance: Measles, Famines, Monks, Quacks, Scarlatina, Unpaid bills, Idols, Tight stays, Hooping-coughs, Potatoes, Popes, Bad Wine, Wars, Despots, Peacemongers, Demagogues, And, worst of all, Naughty Boys and Girls. But one thing remained at the bottom of the box, and that was, Hope. — The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, Charles Kingsley

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