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English
Etymology
From fever + -ish.
Pronunciation
Adjective
feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)
- Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.
- Filled with excess energy.
He worked with feverish excitement.
- Morbidly eager.
a feverish desire to see her again
Derived terms
Translations
in the state of having a fever
filled with excess energy
Further reading
- “feverish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “feverish”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.