calenture

The English word “calenture” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

From Middle French calenture, from Spanish calentura.

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