"feverous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more feverous [comparative], most feverous [superlative]
Etymology: From fever + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fever|ous}} fever + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} feverous (comparative more feverous, superlative most feverous)
  1. affected with a fever.
    Sense id: en-feverous-en-adj-OMR1fTnG
  2. having the nature of fever
    Sense id: en-feverous-en-adj--QaVaN-V
  3. (rare) having a tendency to produce fever Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-feverous-en-adj-dU9Qt6Kb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 41 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 20 20 53 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 17 60 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 79 4
  4. feverish; frenetic
    Sense id: en-feverous-en-adj-ZRorbujT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feverously
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