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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection;
[syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [1913 Webster] 3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Syn: fevered. [1913 Webster] Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. --Milton. -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

feverishness n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness]