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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/

形容詞

feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)

1. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

   The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.

   • 2020 December 7, Kristen Rogers, “Think your normal temperature is 98.6? Maybe not (and why that’s important)”, in CNN‎:

     People who feel warm or provide a history of feeling feverish may also be determined to have a fever.

2. Filled with excess energy.

   He worked with feverish excitement.

3. Morbidly eager.

   a feverish desire to see her again

派生語

Further reading

• “feverish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “feverish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.