feverish

From fever +‎ -ish.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/

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feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)

1. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

   The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.

2. Filled with excess energy.

   He worked with feverish excitement.

3. Morbidly eager.

   a feverish desire to see her again

• “feverish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “feverish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.