Feverishness
//ˈfivəɹəʃnəs// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being feverish. uncountable
"One of the party was suffering severely from ophthalmia - he had been seized with it some days before; the pain was so great that he could get no sleep, and when my father met him he was delirious from want of rest and feverishness."
- 2 a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection wordnet
- 3 A state of wildly excited activity or emotion. wordnet
Example
More examples"One of the party was suffering severely from ophthalmia - he had been seized with it some days before; the pain was so great that he could get no sleep, and when my father met him he was delirious from want of rest and feverishness."
Etymology
From feverish + -ness.
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