Perfection

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You know what Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day is today? It's perfect...just perfect. Today's Word of the Day is...

Ready for it?
Febrile \FEB-ryle\

Definition
adjective: marked or caused by fever, feverish
In case you'd like some examples of how to use that word, MW provides a few:


Examples

The patient exhibited a rash and febrile symptoms that were consistent with a certain rare tropical infection.

"Febrile seizures typically occur between the ages of 6 months and 6 years old. They happen when a fever spikes very quickly...." — Vikki Ortiz Healy, Chicago Tribune, August 4, 2014
And then, you can of course, make up your own:
Melina sat on the couch, head propped with a fluffy pillow, her febrile symptoms, along with a sore throat, making her mother worry that she might have strep throat.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Great word!!

I share a word of the day with my writer's group. Usually it's whatever fun word I run across in whatever book I'm reading... I'm totally using this one today :)
April 13, 2015 at 9:30 AM
Christina said…
It is a great word!

Hope the writing is going well.
April 14, 2015 at 9:54 AM
Anonymous said…
Thanks... it is going well :) I've mustered up some faith that words will come out whenever I sit down to write. It's allowed me to chill out some about it all.
April 15, 2015 at 9:45 AM
Christina said…
I wish we could "like" these comments. Glad the writing is going well. I try to read your blog at least a couple of times a week. I don't always have time for commenting. Your progression gives me inspiration! Thank you!!
April 16, 2015 at 1:42 PM
Anonymous said…
"liking" would be a nice feature!

Putting this story in a blog has been highly motivational toward progression. If I go more than two days without writing I start to feel guilty... like I'm letting any readers down. I know I'd hate to wait more than a week for the next small part of a story, so I try not to do that to anyone else.
April 17, 2015 at 1:11 PM
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