Definition of Febricity

1. Noun. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.

Exact synonyms: Febrility, Fever, Feverishness, Pyrexia
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Specialized synonyms: Hyperpyrexia
Derivative terms: Feverous, Feverish, Feverish, Pyrectic

Definition of Febricity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Febricity

featuritis
feaver
feaze
feazed
feazes
feazing
feazings
febantel
febarbamate
feblesse
feblesses
febricant
febricitant
febricitants
febricities
febricity (current term)
febricula
febriculose
febrifacient
febrifacients
febriferous
febrific
febrifugal
febrifuge
febrifuges
febrifugine
febrile
febrile agglutinins
febrile albuminuria
febrile convulsion

Literary usage of Febricity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Instruction in the Use of Books and Libraries by Lucy Ella Fay, Anne Thaxter Eaton (1915)
"The febricity of our members. Pepin. What is frost? Albinus. The persecutor of plants; the destruction of leaves; the bond of the earth; the source of ..."

2. What is Education? by Ernest Carroll Moore (1915)
"The febricity of our members. PEPIN. What is frost ? ALBINUS. The persecutor of plants; the destruction of leaves; the bond of the earth ; the source of ..."

3. Complete Works by Robert Browning, Charlotte Porter, Helen Archibald Clarke (1898)
"Nor yet in those three months' febricity Which followed, — never did he vary tale — Remaining happy beyond utterance. "Ineffable beatitude" - I quote The ..."

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