febrileadj.

/ˈfiːbrɪl/

/ˈfɛbrɪl/

Etymology: < French febrile, < Latin febrīlis, < febris fever.

†a. Of a person: Affected by, or suffering from, fever. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > affected with

feveryOE

feverousa1398

febricitant1599

mumpsick1599

fevered1605

febrient1651

febrile1651

feverish1680

febriculose1884

enfevered1893

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋194 Teach Physitians to fear how they expose their febrile patients.

b. Of or pertaining to fever; produced by or indicative of fever; feverish.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective]

feverousa1393

feverisha1398

febrousc1425

febrilous1651

febrile1666

febrific1749

pyrexial1787

pyrectic1822

pyretic1850

post-febrile1874

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus ii. 6 The Febril heat continuing its aduction upon the dryer fleshy parts, changes into a Marcid Feaver.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. iii. 163 The Acidity occasioned by the febrile Matter.

1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 137 Calculated..to quiet the febrile heat.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 255 We were..all in a febrile state. We could not eat.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen v. 79 The febrile irritation of the frame.

Derivatives

Obsolete. rare. = b.

feˈbrility n. the state of being febrile, feverishness.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun]

feverOE

febris1483

feveress1495

calenture1593

febricitation1598

feverishness1638

pyrexia1777

febricity1873

febrility1873

1873 R. Barnes Clin. Hist. Dis. Women 96 There is a state of febrility,..of swimming of the eyes.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 54 In proportion as the local process is less acute..there is less attendant febrility.

† ˈfebrilous adj. Obsolete

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