Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being feverish.
One of the party was suffering severely from ophthalmia - he had been seized with it some days before; the pain was so great that he could get no sleep, and when my father met him he was delirious from want of rest and feverishness.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 78
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French fébrilité
- fébrilitéquality of being feverish
Irish ainteas, fiabhrasacht
- ainteasquality of being feverish
- fiabhrasachtquality of being feverish
- teasquality of being feverish
- teasaíochtquality of being feverish
Italian febbrilità
- febbrilitàquality of being feverish
Cite this entry
feverishness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feverishness
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