Definition

1. Noun:
   • An acute, febrile, and highly contagious viral disease; an old-fashioned or formal term for influenza.

Examples

• Noun:
  • She was bedridden for a week with a severe case of the grippe.
  • In the 19th century, outbreaks of grippe were common and often deadly.

Advanced Usage

• "to be laid up with the grippe": to be confined to bed due to influenza.
  • He was laid up with the grippe and missed the important meeting.

Variants and Related Words

• Influenza (n): The more common modern term for the same viral illness.
  • The hospital is preparing for the annual influenza season.
• Flu (n): A common informal shortening of "influenza."
  • I think I'm coming down with the flu.

Synonyms

• Influenza: The standard medical term.
• Flu: The common colloquial term.

Notes on Usage

• The word grippe is now considered archaic or highly formal in modern English. It is rarely used in everyday conversation or contemporary medical contexts, having been almost entirely replaced by influenza or flu.
• It is typically used in historical contexts or in older literary works.

Noun

1. an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease