adjective
- having fever.
- pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling fever: a feverish excitement.
- excited, restless, or uncontrolled, as if from fever.
- having a tendency to produce fever.
adjective
- suffering from fever, esp a slight fever
- in a state of restless excitement
- of, relating to, caused by, or causing fever
late 14c., “causing fever;” 1630s, “excited;” 1640s, “having symptoms of fever,” from fever + -ish. Earlier in same sense was feverous (late 14c.). Related: Feverishly; feverishness.
adj.
- Having a fever.
- Relating to or resembling a fever.
- Causing or tending to cause a fever.