ˈkalə̇nˌchu̇(ə)r noun
( -s )
Etymology: earlier calentura, from Spanish, fever, from calentar to heat, from Latin calent-, calens, present participle of calēre to be warm — more at lee
1.
a. : a fever formerly supposed to affect sailors in the tropics causing them to imagine the sea a green field and to leap into it
b. : any fever supposedly caused by heat
2. : passion , ardor , zeal