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Definition of Febricity
1. Noun. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Specialized synonyms: Hyperpyrexia
Derivative terms: Feverous, Feverish, Feverish, Pyrectic
Definition of Febricity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Febricity
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 ..."