Dictionary entry

Feverous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fe″ver‐ous (?), a. [Cf.F. fiévreux.] 1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.

His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats.

2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.

All maladies... all feverous kinds. Milton.

3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. Bacon.