Feverous \Fe"ver*ous\, a. [Cf.F. fi['e]vreux.]
1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
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His heart, love's feverous citadel. --Keats.
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2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a
feverous pulse.
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All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. --Milton.
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3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous
disposition of the year. [R.] --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
feverous
adj : having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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