feverous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or affected by a fever
    feverish.

WordNet


Fe"ver*ous adjective
Etymology
Cf.F. fiévreux.
Definitions
  1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
    His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats.
  2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.
    All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. Milton.
  3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. R. Bacon.

Webster 1913