feverish.
Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
Meaning & usage
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
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English fever Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English feverish From fever + -ish.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.