FE'VERISH, adjective 1. Having a slight fever; as the patient is feverish 2. Diseased with fever or heat; as feverish nature. 3. Uncertain; inconstant; fickle; now hot, now cold. We toss and turn about our feverish will. 4. Hot; sultry; burning; as the feverish north.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI