Feverish1. (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
2. (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
3. (a.) Hot; sultry.
4. (a.) Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
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