befevered
befevered adjective: afflicted with fever.
Adjective
befevered (comparative more befevered, superlative most befevered)
- Afflicted with fever.
- The place is squalid beyond description, almost in utter ruin, desolated in summer by malaria, and at no time containing more that some hundred and fifty befevered souls […]1878, George Dennis, The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, John Murray, published 1878, page 236
- Indeed, I am convinced that there is no microbe or germ, however tough and wicked he may be, that could survive the repeated shocks upon his armor of a series of deep, lusty guffaws deftly produced by the skilled medico in the heart cockles of his befevered patient!1939, Ben Arid (pseudonym of Melville Clemens Barnard), Putting "It" in the Column, De Vorss & Co. (1939), page 85
Forms of befevered
| comparative | more befevered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most befevered |
Origin of befevered
From be- + fevered.
Questions about befevered
- What does befevered mean?
- Befevered means afflicted with fever.
- What part of speech is befevered?
- Befevered is an adjective.
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