| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever.[Websters]
2. Being disinfectant. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being alterative. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb febrifugally.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (febrifugally) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective febrifugal.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FEBRIFUGAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Febrifugal \Fe*brif"u*gal\, adjective. [See Febrifuge.]. (references) |
