feverish








adjective

  1. having fever.
  2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling fever: a feverish excitement.
  3. excited, restless, or uncontrolled, as if from fever.
  4. having a tendency to produce fever.

adjective

  1. suffering from fever, esp a slight fever
  2. in a state of restless excitement
  3. of, relating to, caused by, or causing fever
adj.

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.

  1. Having a fever.
  2. Relating to or resembling a fever.
  3. Causing or tending to cause a fever.
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