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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a. 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 symptoms. 3. Hot; sultry. ``The feverish north.'' --Dryden. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. --Milton. -- {Fe"ver*ish*ly}, adv -- {Fe"ver*ish*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: feverish adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace" [syn: {hectic}] 2: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: {febrile}] [ant: {afebrile}] 3: having or affected by a fever [syn: {feverous}]
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