Associations to the word «Calenture»
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Wiktionary
CALENTURE, noun. A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
CALENTURE, noun. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.