tertian
tertian · tertians
A tertian feverA tertian fever.
Meaning
3 sensesA tertian fever.
A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity (one-third of a tun's).
A Jesuit going through tertianship.
Origin
From Middle English tertiān, terciān, terciāne (adjective and noun), originally often as pFrom Middle English tertiān, terciān, terciāne (adjective and noun), originally often as part of the collocation fever cum terciane, after Latin febris cum tertiānā. Compare the "third" essence of tertiary. By surface analysis, terti- + -an.
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plural: tertiansSynonyms
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3 related wordsDerivedsemitertian