febricitant

English

Etymology

From Latin febrīcitāns, from febrīcitō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈbɹɪsɪtənt/

Adjective

febricitant (comparative more febricitant, superlative most febricitant)

1. (rare, obsolete) Feverish.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , 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)

1. (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

1. third-person plural present active indicative of febricitō