1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish. His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats.
2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse. All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. Milton.
3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. [R.] Bacon.
FEVEROUSLY
Fe"ver*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: Feverishly. [Obs.] Donne.
FEVERWORT
Fe"ver*wort`, n.
Defn: See Fever root, under Fever.
FEVERY
Fe"ver*y, a.
Defn: Feverish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
FEW
Few, a. [Compar. Fewer; superl. Fewest.] Etym: [OE. fewe, feawe, AS.
feá, pl. feáwe; akin to OS. fah, OHG. f*, Icel. far, Sw. få, pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. Paucity.]