feverishness

Noun
Synonyms: feverfebrilityfebricitypyrexia

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infectionSynonyms: feverfebrilityfebricitypyrexia
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [1913 Webster]

3.Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4.Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.

Syn: fevered. [1913 Webster]

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. --Milton. -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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