Fevered
adj, verb
adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of fever form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Affected by a fever; feverish.
- 2 Heated; impassioned; enthusiastic to the point of distraction.
"Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game."
Adjective
- 1 highly or nervously excited wordnet
Example
More examples"And in the night he would wander the forest through, or bathe his fevered limbs in dark streams; and when hunger fell on him he followed the chase, and so swift of foot he grew and so strong of his hands that the wild boar, the wolf, and deer found him a dreich blow-dealer."
Etymology
From fever + -ed.
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