Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befevered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-fevered
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Afflicted with fever.

Example Sentences

"The place is squalid beyond description, almost in utter ruin, desolated in summer by malaria, and at no time containing more that some hundred and fifty befevered souls […]"
"Indeed, I am convinced that there is no microbe or germ, however tough and wicked he may be, that could survive the repeated shocks upon his armor of a series of deep, lusty guffaws deftly produced by the skilled medico in the heart cockles of his befevered patient!"
"Frasier Crane: Use it in a sentence. Charlotte Connor: Her grandmother's bed was warm and quilty. Frasier Crane: And why is she lying there? Because she's feeling all "befevered" again?"

Etymology

From be- + fevered.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Inflected Forms

more befevered (comparative) most befevered (superlative)

Questions

What does befevered mean?: Afflicted with fever.
Where does befevered come from?: From be- + fevered.

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