FEVERISH

feverish|feverous|fevery. Feverish, or Feverous, or Fevery, a. tending to or troubled with a fever, burning, hot, too hot

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Fe″ver‐ish, a. 1. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
2. 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
3. 3. Hot; sultry. “The feverish north.” Dryden.
4. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. Milton. — Fe″ver‐ish‐ly, adv. — Fe″ver‐ish‐ness, n.