# cabin fever

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A condition of restlessness and irritability caused by being in a confined space.
2. Typhus.

## Etymology
In the current sense coined or popularized in a novel of the same name in 1918. See cite below.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cabin-fever