# calenture

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
2. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.

## Etymology
From Middle French calenture, from Spanish calentura.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/calenture