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Definition of Feverous
1. Adjective. Having or affected by a fever.
Definition of Feverous
1. a. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
Definition of Feverous
1. Adjective. affected with fever or ague ¹
2. Adjective. having the nature of fever ¹
3. Adjective. (rare) having a tendency to produce fever; as a feverous disposition of the year ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feverous
1. feverish [adj] - See also: feverish
Medical Definition of Feverous
1. 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. Origin: Cf.F. Fievreux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feverous
Literary usage of Feverous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats by John Keats (1848)
"Lead me to these feverous glooms, Sprite of Fire ! Bre. Me to the blooms, Blue-eyed
Zephyr, of those flowers Far in the west where the May-cloud lowers: And ..."
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