feverous
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of feverous
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at fever, -ous
Example Sentences
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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is taking home a gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, defeating China’s Yang Liu in the welterweight category after feverous attacks on her gender.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2024
It was a 6-on-4 for the Rangers, whose feverous push to force overtime wouldn’t be denied.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2012
Now a feverous heat flushed her face, white a moment before, when we came in; but she did not turn away her eyes,--they seemed fixed, out of her control.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 by Various
A meek and shy quietest, his intellectual powers were never stimulated into feverous energy by crowds of proselytes, or by the ambition of proselyting.
From Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I do fear thee, Claudio; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life should'st entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
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