"feverous" meaning in English

See feverous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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 fever or ague
    Sense id: en-feverous-en-adj-6mWxkS4L 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: 39 22 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 42 28 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 29 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 19 18
  2. having the nature of fever
    Sense id: en-feverous-en-adj--QaVaN-V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 22 40
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 22 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feverously
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "feverously"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fever",
        "3": "ous"
      },
      "expansion": "fever + -ous",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fever + -ous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more feverous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most feverous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "feverous (comparative more feverous, superlative most feverous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 22 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 28 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ous",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 29 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 19 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "affected with fever or ague"
      ],
      "id": "en-feverous-en-adj-6mWxkS4L",
      "links": [
        [
          "affected",
          "affected"
        ],
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ],
        [
          "ague",
          "ague"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 22 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having the nature of fever"
      ],
      "id": "en-feverous-en-adj--QaVaN-V",
      "links": [
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 22 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "text": "a feverous disposition of the year",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having a tendency to produce fever"
      ],
      "id": "en-feverous-en-adj-dU9Qt6Kb",
      "links": [
        [
          "tendency",
          "tendency"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) having a tendency to produce fever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feverous"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ous",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "feverously"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fever",
        "3": "ous"
      },
      "expansion": "fever + -ous",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fever + -ous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more feverous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most feverous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "feverous (comparative more feverous, superlative most feverous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "affected with fever or ague"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affected",
          "affected"
        ],
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ],
        [
          "ague",
          "ague"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "having the nature of fever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "text": "a feverous disposition of the year",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having a tendency to produce fever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tendency",
          "tendency"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "fever",
          "fever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) having a tendency to produce fever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feverous"
}

Download raw JSONL data for feverous meaning in English (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.