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Definition of febrile adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

febrile

adjective
 
/ˈfiːbraɪl/,
 
/ˈfebraɪl/
 
/ˈfiːbraɪl/,
 
/ˈfebraɪl/
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  1. (formal) nervous, excited and very active
    • a product of her febrile imagination
    Topics Feelingsc2
  2. (medical) (of an illness) caused by fever (= a high temperature)
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French fébrile or medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris ‘fever’.
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