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feverishness

noun
/ˈfivəɹəʃnəs/US

Etymology

From feverish + -ness.

  1. derived from *dʰegʷʰ-✻
  2. derived from febris
  3. derived from fievre
  4. inherited from fefer
  5. inherited from fever
  6. formed as feverish — “fever + -ish”
  7. suffixed as feverishness — “feverish + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being feverish.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA