Feverishness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a
        fever; as, feverish symptoms.
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     3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden.
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     4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the
        feverish condition of the commercial world.
  
     Syn: fevered.
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                Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.
                                                    --Milton.
          -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  feverishness
       n : a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
           of infection [syn: {fever}, {febrility}, {febricity}, {pyrexia}]