feverishness

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English feverish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English feverishness From feverish + -ness.

1. The quality of being feverish.

   “One of the party was suffering severely from ophthalmia - he had been seized with it some days before; the pain was so great that he could get no sleep, and when my father met him he was delirious from want of rest and feverishness.”