fever
noun
an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions.
feverless
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a word derived from
fever.
Example Sentences
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Again, the totally feverless commencement of neuralgias, a character which is maintained throughout the progress of the milder cases, is entirely opposed to the idea of a direct connection between myelitis and neuralgia.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
It fills one’s mouth with a gushing freshness—then goes down cool and feverless: then you do not feel it quarrelling with one’s liver....
From Life of John Keats by William Michael Rossetti
My hand, unfit before, Feeble still, but feverless, And which palpitates no more Save with a desire to bless, Blesses you, O little flies Of my black suns and white nights.
From Poems of Paul Verlaine by Gertrude Hall Brownell
Then his eyelids rose; he looked with recognition at Lois, and moved a hand towards hers; and with a quiet sigh his eyes closed, not for death, but for blessed, feverless, breathing sleep.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
