fevery

English

Etymology

From fever +‎ -y.

Adjective

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

References

• “fevery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.