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Dutch
Etymology
From goud (“gold”) + koorts (“fever, disease”). First attested in the 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑu̯tˌkoːrts/
- Hyphenation: goud‧koorts
Noun
goudkoorts m or f (uncountable, diminutive goudkoortsje n)
- a gold fever, gold rush; obsessional search for gold ore
1849 January 6, “Engelsche Post”, in Algemeen Handelsblad, number 5340, page 1:Zelfs kondigde de uitgever van het Californian dagblad de staking der uitgave aan, aangezien de goudkoorts hem alle lezers ontnam.- The publisher of the Californian daily even announced an end to publication, for the gold fever deprived him of all his readers.
- (figuratively) an excessive lust for profit
- 1783, F. C. Hulsenkamp, De Hollandsche magnesia alba, beschouwd en bewerkt, publ. by Pieter Hayman, page x.
Trouwens hy is het niet alleen, die met deeze alledaagſche goudkoorts behebd is.- Besides he isn't the only one who has been infected with this ordinary lust for profit.