Definition of Feverishness

1. Noun. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.

Exact synonyms: Febricity, Febrility, Fever, Pyrexia
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Specialized synonyms: Hyperpyrexia
Derivative terms: Feverous, Feverish, Feverish, Pyrectic

Definition of Feverishness

1. Noun. The quality of being feverish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Feverishness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Feverishness

fever blisters
fever of unknown origin
fever pitch
fever therapy
fever tree
fevered
feveret
fevereth
feverets
feverfew
feverfews
fevering
feverish
feverish urine
feverishly
feverishness (current term)
feverishnesses
feverless
feverous
feverously
feverroot
feverroots
fevers
feverweed
feverweeds
feverwort
feverworts
fevery
fevre
few

Literary usage of Feverishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Brooks by the Traveller's Way: Twenty-six Weeknight Addresses by John Henry Jowett (1902)
"feverishness. "Sick of a fever. ... By a touch He drove the fever from the body, that we may know He can drive the feverishness out of the soul. ..."

2. The Friend on the Road and Other Studies in the Gospels by John Henry Jowett (1922)
"XV feverishness "He took her by the hand . . . and the fever left her." MARK i. 31. IT is probable that every physical malady has its spiritual analogy. ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"... surface of the external organs of generation, with feverishness, restlessness, great pain, and very considerable disturbance of the health of the child. ..."

4. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Pulse frequent, full and soft; chilly sensation over back and lower limbs; thirst and flashes of heat over the face; feverishness with feeling all over as ..."

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