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Definition of Fever pitch
1. Noun. A state of extreme excitement. "The crowd was at fever pitch"
Definition of Fever pitch
1. Noun. Extreme excitement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fever Pitch
Literary usage of Fever pitch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Face to Face by Jeff W. O'Connell, Gabrielle Warnock (2000)
"This may be the opening sentence of fever pitch (a compulsive read about an
obsession) ... fever pitch, a best-seller irom its first publication in 1992, ..."
2. A Melancholy Scene of Devastation: The Public Response to the 1793 by J. Worth Estes, Billy G. Smith (1997)
"At the moment of the epidemic's inception, conflict had reached fever pitch
between the newly established Federalist government and an emerging political ..."
3. A History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy (1905)
"Just then the passions of the country were excited almost to fever pitch. The war
had not so far proved to be the easy march to victory that was commonly ..."
4. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1888)
"... his book with vivid and striking scenes and incidents, which will keep the
reader's imagination at fever pitch from beginning to end. ..."
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