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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: febrilis, from Latin febris 'fever'

febrile

 adjective
     
fe‧brile
1 literary full of nervous excitement or activity:
a febrile imagination
2 medical relating to or caused by a fever
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