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English
Etymology
From Latin febrīcitāns, from febrīcitō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
febricitant (comparative more febricitant, superlative most febricitant)
- (rare, obsolete) Feverish.
- , vol.1, ch.30:
- For, it seemeth there are certaine motions in these vast bodies, some naturall, and othersome febricitant, as well as in ours.
Noun
febricitant (plural febricitants)
- (rare, obsolete) One affected with fever.
1886, Dujardin-Beaumetz, New medications: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.
Latin
Verb
febricitant
- third-person plural present active indicative of febricitō