a. and sb. Now rare. [ad. L. febrīcitant-em, pr. pple. of febrīcitāre (see next). Cf. F. fébricitant.]
A. adj. Affected with fever; feverish.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouers Bk. Physicke, Contents, III. All Agues, and all Febricitant diseases, as is, the Rose, the Plague, also all those Poysons, which might ether be administred vnto a man ether in his meates, or drinckes.
1670. Phil. Trans., V. 2079. A Fœtus febricitant whilst in the womb.
1884. Syd. Soc. Lex., Febricitant.
† B. sb. One who is affected with fever. Obs.
1541. R. Copland, Galyens Terapeutyke, 2 D iij b. Vj. C. tymes haue we wasshed many febricitans incontinent after ye fyrste actes [read acces].
1650. J. Bulwer, Anthropometamorphosis, xxii. 245. The Amplifying force which formeth out in length the Bones of Febricitants, as wax.