noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being feverish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
feverishness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈfivəɹəʃnəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom
Narrower terms: hyperpyrexia
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English feverish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English feverishness From feverish + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: fébrilité — quality of being feverish
- Irish: ainteas — quality of being feverish
- Irish: fiabhrasacht — quality of being feverish
- Irish: teas — quality of being feverish
- Irish: teasaíocht — quality of being feverish
- Italian: febbrilità — quality of being feverish
- Ottoman Turkish: قیزغینلق (kızgınlık) — quality of being feverish