the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The influenza or epidemic catarrh.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Epidemic influenza.
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n. an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Word Usage
"Anna Pavlovna had been coughing for several days, and had what she called the grippe (grippe then being a new word, used only by the few), and therefore had not attended at court nor even left the house."