9 July 2015

febrile

[fee-bruh l, feb-ruh l or, esp. British, fee-brahyl]

adjective

1. pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.

Origin of febrile

Medieval Latin
1645-1655; < New Latin, Medieval Latin febrīlis. See fever, -ile

Related forms

febrility [fi-bril-i-tee], noun
nonfebrile, adjective
postfebrile, adjective
unfebrile, adjective

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Examples from the web for febrile

– In the febrile atmosphere of Greece waiting for the onslaught everyone knows is coming, secret agents are proliferating.
(The Perfect Spy Thriller for Dads Michael Korda June 17, 2010)

Anagram

be rifle
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brie elf

Today’s quote

The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.

– Benjamin Franklin

On this day

9 July 1941 – British military cryptologists break the Enigma code which the German Army was using for encrypting messages used for directing ground to air operations. However, a group of Polish cryptologists claim to have assisted in the cracking of Enigma and have been campaigning for recognition of their part in the break-through.

9 July 1946 – birth of Ronald Belford ‘Bon’ Scott, Scottish-born Australian rock musician. Most famous as the lead-singer of legendary hard rock band, AC/DC. Scott died on 19 February 1980, after choking on his own vomit following a heavy drinking session.

9 July 1982 – In the early hours of the morning, 30 year old Irishman, Michael Fagan breaks into Buckhingham Palace and makes his way to Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom. Reports at the time, claimed that he spent 10 minutes in there talking with the Queen before being arrested, however, Fagan later claimed that the Queen immediately fled the bedroom and summoned security. The incident was the biggest royal security breach of the 20th century.

9 July 2004 – A US Senate Intelligence Committee finds that the CIA misrepresented the threat posed by Iraq, which was used by President George W. Bush in order to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion by the ‘Coalition of the Willing’.