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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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pyretic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin pyreticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (puretikós, “febrile”), from ??????? (puretós, “fever”), from ??? (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

pyretic (not comparable)

  1. Caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.

Related terms

  • antipyretic
  • alexipyretic

Translations

Noun

pyretic (plural pyretics)

  1. A remedy for fever.

Anagrams

  • pycrite

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