01 a. 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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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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Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
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Hot; sultry.
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Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.“Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.” — Milton.
Syn.
fevered.