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feavour

feavour is the obsolete spelling of fever.

Meaning of fever

Noun

fever (countable and uncountable, plural fevers)

  1. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
    • There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
    Synonyms:
    high temperature, pyrexia, temperature
  2. (in-compounds, usually) Any of various diseases.
    • scarlet fever
  3. A state of excitement or anxiety.
    • an envious feverc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  4. (collective, countable, neologism) A group of stingrays.
    • On the way back to the mainland the boat passed over a fever of stingrays, and the sight of them through the glass was enough to colour everything else, and outstrip it.2011, Julianne Schultz, editor, Griffith REVIEW 34: The Annual Fiction Edition
  5. (derogatory, in-compounds, often, slang) Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people.
    • Asian fever

See all 7 meanings of fever

Forms of feavour

pluralfeavours

Questions about feavour

What is feavour the obsolete spelling of?
Feavour is the obsolete spelling of fever.

Words near feavour in the dictionary

  1. featurizes
  2. featurizing
  3. featy
  4. feaver
  5. feavers
  6. feavour
  7. feavourish
  8. feavours
  9. feaze
  10. feazed
  11. Feazell

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