First Known Use: 1850
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pyretic
adjective py·ret·ic \pī-ˈre-tik\
Definition of PYRETIC
: of or relating to fever : febrile
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Origin of PYRETIC
New Latin pyreticus, from Greek pyretikos, from pyretos fever, from pyr
Rhymes with PYRETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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