pyretic

American

[pahy-ret-ik] / paɪˈrɛt ɪk /

adjective

of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.

pyretic British

/ paɪˈrɛtɪk /

adjective

pathol of, relating to, or characterized by fever Compare antipyretic

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Other Word Forms

postpyretic adjective

Etymology

Origin of pyretic

1685–95; < New Latin pyreticus, equivalent to Greek pyret ( ós ) fever + Latin -icus -ic

Example Sentences

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His choreography was sharp, ecstatic, pyretic; while his dancers, swathed in brilliant fabrics and ornate feathered headpieces, merged the rhapsodic convulsions common to the Shango and Yoruba faiths with sleek pirouettes and dazzling leaps.

From The Guardian

Dig, whose means were not equal to his connections, produced, somewhat bashfully, a rather “high” cold chicken, some gingerbread, some pyretic saline, and a slab or two of home-made toffee.

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