Febricose
/ˈfɛbrɪˌkoʊs/noun
Having a fever or feverish; relating to fever.
Did you know?Febricose comes from Latin febricosus, built from febris meaning “fever,” and in older medical writing fever was often treated as a force with near-personal power rather than just a temperature.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰegʷʰ-
“to burn, be hot”
Latin
Latin
febris
“fever, ague”
Late Latin
Latin
febricosus
“feverish, full of fever”
Middle English
English
febricose
“feverish; affected with fever”
Modern English
English
febricose
“feverish; relating to fever”