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noun sivvens · sivens

  1. uncountable 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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@misc{sibbens_2026,
  title = {sibbens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sibbens},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}