Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a.

1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.

2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.

3. Hot; sultry. ``The feverish north.'' --Dryden.

4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. --Milton. -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)