"gold fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gold fevers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gold fever (countable and uncountable, plural gold fevers)
  1. A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore; an era (figuratively an epidemic) during which this obsession grips a large number of people. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gold Synonyms: gold rush (english: era), ; (english: era or illness), yellow fever Related terms: gold bug Translations (fever for gold ore): guldfeber [common-gender] (Danish), goudkoorts (Dutch), Goldfieber [neuter] (German), золотая лихорадка (zolotaja lixoradka) [feminine] (Russian), золота́ лихома́нка (zolotá lyxománka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-gold_fever-en-noun-t0w~ecdi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'fever for gold ore': 93 7
  2. (figuratively) An excessive craving for profit. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (profit craving): goudkoorts (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-gold_fever-en-noun-~DVBPgqx Disambiguation of 'profit craving': 5 95

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