febrile

WOTD - 4 October 2006    

English

Etymology

From Late Latin febrilis, from Latin febris ‘fever’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfiːbraɪl/

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Adjective

febrile (comparative more febrile, superlative most febrile)

1. Feverish, or having a high temperature.
2. Full of nervous energy.
   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, BBC Sport:

     An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared.

Synonyms

• (feverish): flushed, hot
• (full of energy): energetic, excited

Related terms

• febrility
• subfebrile

Translations

feverish

Czech: horečnatý (cs) Danish: febersyg, febril Dutch: koortsig (nl), koortsachtig (nl) French: fébrile (fr)

Ido: febrala (io), febratra (io), febroza (io) Portuguese: febril (pt) Spanish: febril (es)

full of nervous energy

Czech: horečnatý (cs) Danish: febril (da)

Dutch: koortsachtig (nl) French: fébrile (fr)

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Japanese: 熱の（ある）（ねつの（ある）, netsu no (aru)）