Hypertext Webster Gateway: "feverishness"
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)
feverishness
n : a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
of infection [syn: {fever}, {febricity}, {pyrexia}]
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