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fever heat

American  
[fee-ver heet] / ˈfi vər ˌhit /

noun

  1. the heat of fever; body heat exceeding 98.6°F (37°C).

  2. feverish excitement.


Etymology

Origin of fever heat

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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Public interest in him is at fever heat.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2021

Election campaigns will approach fever heat in September and October.

From Time Magazine Archive

I lay next to Peeta in the bag, trying to absorb every bit of his fever heat.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Slavery was doubtless remotely one of the irritating causes that combined to work South Carolina up to a fever heat of insanity over the nullification excitement.

From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore

This brilliant introduction raised our expectations to fever heat.

From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin

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