Dictionary

febrifuge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew. Source of -fuge.

Meanings

1. Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).
   • ...therein it differs not from the mode of operation, which we observe in the famous peruvian febrifuge. 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 19:
   • Ah, my boy, you forget the card index! Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls... 1919, Christopher Morley, “The Haunted Bookshop”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 20:
   • And, by goodness, the door was ajar into the hall, for Constance had slipped out to the nearest pharmacy in search of a febrifuge for her fever-bound lover. 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1131:

Forms

Synonyms

antipyretic · antifebrile · alexipyretic