calenture
Speech parts
1. calenture - Noun
2. calenture - Verb
Meaning
A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.
To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
light
energy
force
fire
radiance
ardor
heat
drive
intensity
animation
fever
passion
enthusiasm
dash
fervor
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