febrifuge
See also: fébrifuge
English
Etymology
From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/
- Hyphenation: feb‧ri‧fuge
Noun
febrifuge (plural febrifuges)
- (pharmacology) Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”)
- Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile
- 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 19:
- ...therein it differs not from the mode of operation, which we observe in the famous peruvian febrifuge.
- 1919, Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 20:
- Ah, my boy, you forget the card index! Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls...
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1131:
- 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.
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