Noun: feverishness fee-vu-rish-nus
- A rise in body temperature; often a symptom of infection
"The child's feverishness prompted the parents to seek medical attention";
- fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia
- A state of wildly excited activity or emotion
"That amid the turmoil of the time and the feverishness of our days it is always easy I do not pretend"
Type of: excitation, excitement, fervor [US], fervour [Brit, Cdn], inflammation, symptom
Encyclopedia: Feverishness