What does varicella mean?

Definitions for varicellaˌvær əˈsɛl ə

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chickenpox, varicella(noun)



  1. varicella(Noun)


Webster Dictionary

  1. Varicella(noun)

    chicken pox

  2. Origin: [NL., dim. of LL. variola smallpox.]


  1. Varicella

    Varicella is a 1999 work of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre, distributed in z-code format as freeware. It is set in an alternate history which features roughly modern technology mixed with Renaissance-style principalities and court politics. The characters of Varicella use contemporary language from their home in a Renaissance castle, continuing the contrast between old and new. The player character is Primo Varicella, palace minister in Piedmont, who has to get rid of several rivals for the regency following the death of the king. The international situation in the game is described in passing: Piedmont is part of a loose confederation of kingdoms that make up a Carolingian League and is engaged in a war against the Republic of Venice. It won four XYZZY Awards in 1999 including the XYZZY Award for Best Game, and was nominated for another four. The game was discussed academically by Nick Montfort and Stuart Moulthrop in their 2003 paper Face It, Tiger, You Just Hit the Jackpot: Reading and Playing Cadre's Varicella, and by Dr. Wendy Morgan in her 2003 paper Touching Character: New Engagements in New Media Narratives. Cadre himself claimed in a January 2002 interview that it was the best game he had written up to that point:

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Varicella

    var-i-sel′a, n. chicken-pox—applied also loosely to various eruptive diseases, as swine-pox, hives, or varioloid.—adjs. Varicell′ar, pertaining to varicella; Varicell′oid, resembling varicella.


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of varicella in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of varicella in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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