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
O, I do fear thee, Claudio; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honour.
From Measure for Measure by Shakespeare, William
Shall then the virtuous disobey Hosts of an aged king and sire, Though feverous joy that father sway, Or senseless love or causeless ire?
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
A meek and shy quietist, his intellectual powers were never stimulated into feverous energy by crowds of proselytes, or by the ambition of proselyting.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
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