fevery

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English

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Etymology

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From fever +‎ -y.

Adjective

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fevery (comparative more fevery, superlative most fevery)

  1. (obsolete) feverish
    • a. 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 Folio), London: [] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
      And that there be no fevery heats nor colds
  2. Similar to a fever; feverlike

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