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febricitant

/fɪˈbɹɪsɪtənt/

febricitant adjective: feverish.

Adjective

febricitant (comparative more febricitant, superlative most febricitant)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Feverish.
    • For, it seemeth there are certaine motions in these vast bodies, some naturall, and othersome febricitant, as well as in ours., vol.1, ch.30

Noun

febricitant (plural febricitants)

  1. (obsolete, rare) One affected with fever.
    • Lastly, the application of calorimetry proves in a sure manner that the febricitant evolves more heat than the healthy man, and that the production of heat is in direct relation with an augmentation in the chemical combustions in the organism.1886, Dujardin-Beaumetz, New medications

Forms of febricitant

Adjective
comparativemore febricitant
superlativemost febricitant
Noun
pluralfebricitants

Origin of febricitant

From Latin febrīcitāns, from febrīcitō.

Questions about febricitant

What does febricitant mean?
Febricitant means feverish.
What part of speech is febricitant?
Febricitant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce febricitant?
Febricitant is pronounced /fɪˈbɹɪsɪtənt/.

Words near febricitant in the dictionary

  1. Febrezes
  2. Febrezing
  3. febricant
  4. febricants
  5. febricide
  6. febricitant
  7. febricitants
  8. febricities
  9. febricity
  10. febricula
  11. febriculae

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