Calenture - English meaning
Calenture – definitions in English dictionary
nounFeverish delirium formerly thought of as afflicting sailors in the tropics.
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Word origin
late 16th century: from French, from Spanish calentura ‘fever’, from calentar ‘be hot’, based on Latin calere ‘be warm’.
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