pyretic noun & adjective. [pʌɪ'rɛtɪk, pɪ-] E18.
[mod. Latin pyreticus, from Greek puretos fever: see -IC.]
A. noun. A remedy for fever; an antipyretic. rare (only in Dicts.). E18-M19.
b. adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by fever; tending to produce fever. M19.
fig.: Times The purge of the Justice Department has raised political tempers..to a pyretic level.

2. Antipyretic. Only in M19.

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