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feverish

English

Etymology

From fever +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?fi?.v?.???/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?fi.v?.??/

Adjective

feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)

  1. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
    The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.
  2. Filled with excess energy.
    He worked with feverish excitement.
  3. Morbidly eager.
    a feverish desire to see her again

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • feverish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • feverish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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fevered

English

Etymology

fever +? -ed

Adjective

fevered (comparative more fevered, superlative most fevered)

  1. Affected by a fever; feverish.
  2. Heated; impassioned; enthusiastic to the point of distraction.
    • 2010, Noam Chomsky, The Iranian threat, Z Magazine, vol 23, number 7:
      To rephrase in less fevered rhetoric, a regional alliance might take shape independent of the U.S.

Derived terms

  • unfevered

Translations

Verb

fevered

  1. simple past tense and past participle of fever

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