febrile

FEE-bryal (‘bryal’ rhyming with ‘style’, ‘aisle’ etc)

adjective

1. having or showing the symptoms of a fever
2. characterised by a great deal of nervous excitement or energy

‘Colin Creevey was rather febrile.’

synonyms:

1. feverish, fevered, pyretic
2. excited, energetic, feverish, active

antonyms:

2. inactive, lethargic, sluggish, torpid

variants:

1. febrifuge, febrifuges

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Gasp! A new theme! Anyone know what it is? No? Didn’t think so. It’s pretty obscure.

Alas, earwax.

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