Is it me, or Twittler is really febrile ?
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In French, the word is used both to describe a feverish condition and to describe a nervous, worried, anxious person...
Maybe, frenetic or nervous would be a better choice ?
This is what happens when I think in French and then translate. I try, as much as I can, to think in English before writing a post. It is not always easy.
I guess as a medical person, I don't tend to hone on to that alternate meaning. 
Each language has its own specifications and literal translations are often hazardous.
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Thank you very much. 
Thank you, you taught me 2 new words. 
It is interesting.
In French, it wouldn't work in this context. In the figurative sense, it implies a notion of innocence, of helplessness. Trump is everything, but innocent.
"Friable" does exist in French.
No, I meant "nervous", "anxious",...
In French, the word is used both to describe a feverish condition and to describe a nervous, worried, anxious person...
Maybe, frenetic or nervous would be a better choice ?
This is what happens when I think in French and then translate. I try, as much as I can, to think in English before writing a post. It is not always easy.
I've learned a couple of things too.
Yes, it is what I meant.
In French, the word is used both to describe a feverish condition and to describe a nervous, worried, anxious person...
Maybe, frenetic or nervous would be a better choice ?
This is what happens when I think in French and then translate. I try, as much as I can, to think in English before writing a post. It is not always easy.
Appreciate the nuance care. 
Yes manic or obsessed. I didn't think of.
I thought in French, then I translated. It is sometimes hazardous.
I love words, and have a very large vocabulary in my native tongue, but couldn't seem to learn others. Those grades are a blot on my college transcript. 
However, I used to read a lot in translation, so there was that.
"Febrile" is a word that turns up in older English and American literature, and also appeared in early writings on the then-young science of psychology. It meant what you intended it to mean: a person who is fretful, anxious, unable to stick to a topic of coversation, not able to be reasoned with, easily angered, excitable. Use of the word begged the question: did the patient have an actual fever in the brain that caused these troublesome symptoms? If not, then what did cause these symptoms?
It's fallen from common use in America, but still turns up from time to time. Thank you for using it!
"Flatulent"
The orange fart-rocket is flatulent when he tweets. Now how is that for a tautology? But it describes his tweets well: hot, stinky wind. 
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