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Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.

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  1. a. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
  2. a. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
  3. a. Hot; sultry.
  4. a. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
  5. adj. marked by intense agitation or emotion
  6. adj. of or relating to or characterized by fever
  7. adj. having or affected by a fever
  8. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. 3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." Dryden. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. Milton. -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n.
  9. j:100 s. marked by intense agitation or emotion s. having or affected by a fever