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Febrile Adj Showing Great Deal Nervous Excitement Energy

Word febrile
Definition
adj. Having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement or energy.
adj. Having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
Sentence Late at night, when crowds of rowdy proles roamed the streets, the town had a curiously febrile air.
Source 1984, loc. 2094

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