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febrile

Best crossword clue

"Marked by fever"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfiːbɹaɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted beefilrStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to or characterized by fever

Word origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrīlis, from Latin febris (“fever”). By surface analysis, Latin febr- + -ile.

Used in a sentence

  • Out in the ground, meanwhile, it was particularly disappointing to hear former England captain Andrew Strauss put the febrile atmosphere down to “people who don’t normally come to Lord’s”.
  • Harry Potter has become such a febrile battleground that the pattern has already become well worn.

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