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febriculose

febriculose adjective: somewhat feverish.

Adjective

febriculose (comparative more febriculose, superlative most febriculose)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Somewhat 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

Forms of febriculose

comparativemore febriculose
superlativemost febriculose

Origin of febriculose

From Latin febrīculōsus.

Questions about febriculose

What does febriculose mean?
Febriculose means somewhat feverish.
What part of speech is febriculose?
Febriculose is an adjective.

Words near febriculose in the dictionary

  1. febricula
  2. febriculae
  3. febriculas
  4. febricule
  5. febricules
  6. febriculose
  7. febriculosity
  8. febrifacient
  9. febrifacients
  10. febriferous
  11. febrific

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