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Webster 1913 Edition
Feverish
Fe′ver-ish
,Adj.
1.
Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst;
as, the patient is
. feverish
2.
Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever;
as,
. feverish
symptoms3.
Hot; sultry.
“The feverish north.” Dryden.
4.
Disordered as by fever; excited; restless;
as, the
.feverish
condition of the commercial world
Syn. – fevered.
– Fe′ver-ish-ly
, adv.
Fe′ver-ish-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Feverish
FE'VERISH
, a.1.
Having a slight fever; as the patient is feverish.2.
Diseased with fever or heat; as feverish nature.3.
Uncertain; inconstant; fickle; now hot, now cold.We toss and turn about our feverish will.
4.
Hot; sultry; burning; as the feverish north.