“fevers” is a form of
fever
UK /ˈfiːvə/ · US /ˈfivɚ/ noun, verb
Forms fevers fevering fevered feaver fevre
- noun (medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. “There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.”
- noun (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases. “scarlet fever”
- noun A state of excitement or anxiety.
- noun (neologism, countable, collective) A group of stingrays.
- noun (in combination, slang, often derogatory) Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people. “Asian fever”
- verb To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
- verb To become fevered.
Synonyms
high temperature pyrexia temperature excitation excitement passion febrility febricity feverishness
Etymology
From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
- noun Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
- verb To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. [R.]
Etymology [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fièvre. Cf. Febrile.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fever”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details