febrile
adjective/ˈfiːbraɪl/, /ˈfebraɪl/
/ˈfiːbraɪl/, /ˈfebraɪl/
- (formal) nervous, excited and very active
- a product of her febrile imagination
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- (medical) (of an illness) caused by fever (= a high temperature)
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French fébrile or medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris ‘fever’.
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