febriculose

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adjective

Somewhat feverish.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivefebriculose (comparative more febriculose, superlative most febriculose)

comparative more febriculose · superlative most febriculose

  1. obsoleterareSomewhat feverish.

    In the beginning of the first stage , the effects of the increased action upon the sensorium are perhaps not great : even when the disease is so far advanced that the patient is febriculose, averse to light, sick , disturbed in urine varies so much[…]

    1808, John Cheyne, An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus

Origin

  1. Latinfebrīculōsus
  2. Englishfebriculose

From Latin febrīculōsus.

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Chicago

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