Canadian French Meaning of calenture

Calenture

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Definitions and Meaning of calenture in English

Webster

calenture (n.)

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.

Webster

calenture (v. i.)

To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.

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Calenture

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 aff

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calendulin => calenduline, calendula officinalis => Calendule, calendula => Souci officinal, calends => calendes, calendrical => calendaire,