FEVERISH

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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. "The feverish north." Dryden.

4.
a.

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.

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