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fevery

fevery adjective: similar to a fever; feverlike.

Adjective

fevery (comparative more fevery, superlative most fevery)

  1. Similar to a fever; feverlike.
  2. (obsolete) Feverish.
    • O Rome, in vvhat a ſickneſſe art thou fall'n! / Hovv dangerous, and deadly! vvhen thy head / Is drovvn'd in ſleepe, and all thy body feu'ry!1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, Act III, signature G, verso
    • And that there be no fevery heats nor coldsa. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second...

Forms of fevery

comparativemore fevery
superlativemost fevery

Origin of fevery

From fever + -y.

Questions about fevery

What does fevery mean?
Fevery means similar to a fever; feverlike.
What part of speech is fevery?
Fevery is an adjective.

Words near fevery in the dictionary

  1. feversome
  2. fevertwig
  3. feverweed
  4. feverwort
  5. feverworts
  6. fevery
  7. fevga
  8. fevre
  9. fevres
  10. feVs
  11. few

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