pyretic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pyreticus, from Ancient Greek πυρετικός (puretikós, “febrile”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

pyretic (not comparable)

1. Caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.

Related terms

• antipyretic
• alexipyretic

Translations

caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever

• Bulgarian: трескав (bg) (treskav), предизвикващ треска (predizvikvašt treska)
• French: pyrétique (fr)
• Italian: piretico
• Portuguese: pirético (pt)
• Romanian: piretic (ro)

Noun

pyretic (plural pyretics)

1. A remedy for fever.

Anagrams

• pycrite