Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feverish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a.
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. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a
fever; as, feverish symptoms.
3. Hot; sultry. ``The feverish north.'' --Dryden.
4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the
feverish condition of the commercial world.
Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing.
--Milton.
-- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
feverish
adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
feverish pace" [syn: {hectic}]
2: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile
reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: {febrile}] [ant: {afebrile}]
3: having or affected by a fever [syn: {feverous}]
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