piretico

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈrɛ.ti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtiko
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rè‧ti‧co

Adjective

piretico (feminine piretica, masculine plural piretici, feminine plural piretiche)

  1. (medicine) pyrexial, pyrexic, pyretic

Further reading

  • piretico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • piretico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • pirètico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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