feverish
/ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
Example Sentences
- "The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses."
- "People who feel warm or provide a history of feeling feverish may also be determined to have a fever."
- "He worked with feverish excitement."
- "a feverish desire to see her again"
- "Toward this objective, China's recent three supreme leaders, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and the incumbent Xi Jinping, all embrace such a new security agenda and engage in feverish Xinjiang ethnic pacification and military buildup campaigns, with each of the three leaders having his own landmark event in implementing this Xinjiang final solution."
Etymology
Etymology tree English fever Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English feverish From fever + -ish.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/
Inflected Forms
more feverish (comparative)
most feverish (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
feverish matter
feverish urine